April 10, 2009

Concerning the E-mail Address Error

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Information Distribution Agency, Terrestrial Broadcasting Division sent an email on April 10th, 2009 which included the email addresses of the Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting National Movement Headquarters Digital Support member candidates and personnel so that it could be seen by third parties.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused to those involved.

1 Content of the transmission error
On April 10th, 2009 an email was sent concerning the Digital Support Promotion Department meeting to 20 different emails by mistake revealing the email addresses of the Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting National Movement Headquarters Digital Support member candidates and personnel.

2 Measures taken
The mistake was soon discovered by the person in charge and the e-mail was deleted along with an e-mail sent to those involved informing them of the incident and apologizing.

3 Future measures
In order to prevent incidents like this from happening in the future, the e-mail addresses will be checked thoroughly before being sent, and the highest precautions will be taken.

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http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html

International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
TEL: +81 3 5253 5920 / FAX: +81 3 5253 5924