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Panasonic employee uploads data on about 334,000 people to prohibited AI service
Panasonic’s PEX said an employee working on an HR information system project violated rules by uploading personal data on about 334,000 current and former employees and their relatives to a prohibited external generative AI service. The provider said the data was not included in its training dataset. No leak of the data has been reported so far.
What to know
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Those affected include 75,000 current employees, 178,000 former employees, 55,000 relatives of current employees and 26,000 relatives of former employees.
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The information included employee IDs, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses, plus names and contact details of relatives listed as emergency contacts.
Why it matters
The case concerns compliance with workplace AI-use rules and the protection of employees’ and relatives’ personal information.
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