Google Inc. inadvertently provided the personal data of people who bought smartphone applications via its Google Checkout settlement service to app developers.
The information includes customers' names, phone numbers and home and email addresses.
An official at Google Japan Inc. issued an apology for the leak.
Google had stopped passing on phone numbers by Thursday, the official said, adding the incident was the result of "a system malfunction."
While it is unclear how long the malfunction continued, it may have impacted application purchasers worldwide. (Japan Times)
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