How to punish the disclosure of personal information?

The penalties for disclosing personal information are as follows:

1, sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and concurrently or solely fined;

2. If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined.

The disclosure of personal information is essentially a technical theft by some IT technicians using technical means and tools.

Personal information disclosure, can take the following measures:

1. Change account number

After personal information is leaked, you should change your account as soon as possible. Because the network is very developed now, if you don't change the account after the information is leaked, all kinds of information registered under this account will flow out continuously. Therefore, once the source of the leak is found, stop using the account immediately and cut off the source of the leak from the source;

2. Change important passwords

Nowadays, people can't live without the Internet. Once personal information is leaked, it involves a wide range. Especially for people who like online shopping, personal information is often associated with important information such as bank account number and password. Therefore, once personal information is leaked, important passwords should be changed immediately to avoid economic losses;

Step 3 report the case

Once personal information is leaked, you should call the police. The purpose of reporting a case is to protect one's own rights and interests, and the other is to file a case. Once more people encounter similar situations to yours, they can deal with them together. This can not only protect your privacy, but also avoid more economic losses.

Legal basis: Article 253rd one of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of infringing citizens' personal information violates the relevant provisions of the state and sells or provides citizens' personal information to others. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides others with personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Whoever steals or illegally obtains citizens' personal information by other means shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.