Sixty-nine percent of Japanese are worried their personal information could be leaked from public entities and private firms, according to a government report.
The results of the Cabinet Office's survey on the protection of personal information show that public distrust is high despite a privacy protection law passed in May.
The last time the government conducted a survey of this kind, in 1989, the figure was 39.8 percent.
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