Panasonic employee improperly uploaded colleagues' and family members' information to an external GenAI service, affecting approximately 334,000 people
Panasonic Excellence Operations (PEX) announced that an employee responsible for a human resources information system project violated the rules by uploading data on current employees, former employees, and family members to a prohibited external generative AI service platform, affecting approximately 334,000 people in total. The data involved includes employee numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and emergency contact information. The GenAI service provider stated that the data was not incorporated into its training database, that data retained in accordance with compliance requirements will be deleted on October 25, and that no data breach has occurred so far.
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