Privacy scare after photo of Japanese royal princess posted on the Internet

A tiny photograph that may or may not show a member of the Japanese royal family was posted on Mixi (part of the scary internet). Somehow, this very dull photograph showing a girl in a school uniform smiling has created an uproar over what is supposedly a horrible violation of her privacy.

Noriyuki Kazaoka, Vice-Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency said: “We cannot confirm that it is (Princess Kako), but from the perspective of protecting private information, we think that generally, going ahead and posting photographs on the Internet without consent cannot be called appropriate behavior. We hope that this sort of thing does not happen again in the future.”

[via Japan Probe]

emily | 4:50 PM | News, Buzz |
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