Park24 to Pay 3,000 Yen to Times Car Users Hit by Data Breach
Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Park24 Co. has announced plans to provide a consolation payment of 3,000 yen in cash or gift cards to Times Car vehicle-sharing service users affected by a recent data breach. The company has confirmed that about 6.62 million user accounts were compromised. Of those accounts, eligible for the payment will be about 1.46 million accounts from which images of ident...
Tokyo, October 24 - Park24 is set to pay 3,000 yen in compensation to Times Car users whose data was exposed in a recent breach, according to Jiji Press. The company has revealed that around 6.62 million user accounts were affected, with approximately 1.46 million accounts eligible for the payout. These accounts had images of identification documents, such as driver's licenses, transferred externally.
Park24 has stated that they will address any resulting damage on a case-by-case basis, noting that the images were encrypted and initially inaccessible. They anticipate a financial loss of 4.4 billion yen to cover the compensation, in addition to a 5.5 billion yen extraordinary loss for the year, encompassing other breach-related expenses.
Concurrently, it has emerged that the Makino Law Office aims to represent affected users and file a damages claim against both Times Car and other parties.
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