According to TechCrunch, the personal information of iRent users was exposed on the Internet for up to 8 months.

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[Reporter Zheng Weiqi/Taipei Report] The foreign media "TechCrunch" revealed that iRent, a car-sharing service under the Hetai Group, had leaked user personal information. Heyun Mobile Service Co., Ltd.) conducts an investigation into the leakage of personal information. If the cause of the leakage can be attributed to the company, it will require improvement within a time limit. If no improvement is made, a fine of 20,000 to 200,000 yuan can be imposed according to law.

Liang Guoguo, the head of the transportation team of the company, said that today the supervision office and the information room personnel are invited to investigate the situation together, to see if the database protection is done well, and to confirm whether the Heyun mobile service company has complied with the "Automobile Transportation Industry Personal Data File Security Maintenance Plan" "Planning and Handling Measures", formulate security maintenance plans and notifications, and confirm whether the actual cause of personal data leakage is due to company negligence.

If there is a violation of the Personal Data Protection Act, the company, as the competent authority of the transportation industry, will request corrections within a time limit according to law. If no corrections are made within the time limit, they will be fined 20,000 to 200,000 yuan in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act. Penalty.

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In addition, the General Administration of Highways will, in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law, the personal data file security maintenance plan and handling measures of the automobile transportation industry, require the industry to strengthen personal data file security maintenance measures after identification and proper personal data processing and maintenance to protect consumers' personal data. rights and interests, and notify the parties in an appropriate manner.