On July 11, the Dutch Data Protection Authority ("DDPA") announced (source document in Dutch) that Nippon Express, a major transport company, ended the unlawful processing of its drivers' national identification numbers. According to the DDPA, the company checked the identity documents of its drivers using scanning equipment and services from an external service provider but did not take sufficient measures to ensure that identity fraud would not be committed with the scanned IDs. In addition, the DDPA stated that the company retained the scans for longer than necessary, given the purpose for which the scans were collected.
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