1, query whether personal information is leaked, mainly from the following aspects;
2. Search for personal information on social media and other networks through the Internet;
3. Monitor personal accounts for abnormalities, such as receiving unauthorized notice from the website;
4. Strengthen information security awareness and try to avoid using credit cards for payment or cross-verification;
5. Join a professional data protection organization, register some unified data protection services, or hire some professional data protection personnel.
The importance of personal information security:
1. Preventing identity theft: The disclosure of personal information may lead criminals to use information for identity theft;
2. Maintain property safety: once financial information such as bank accounts is leaked, it may suffer economic losses;
3. Protect privacy rights and interests: personal privacy disclosure may be harassed or personal life violated;
4. Avoiding the risk of fraud: The leaked personal information may be used for various fraud activities;
5. Social trust: The security of personal information is also related to the trust and order stability of the whole society.
To sum up, in order to prevent the disclosure of personal information, you can protect your privacy by changing your account number, changing your important password, reporting a case, looking for a lawyer to sue, collecting evidence, and reminding your relatives and friends to prevent being cheated.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code
Article 1034
Personal information of natural persons is protected by law. Personal information is all kinds of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, telephone number, e-mail address, health information, whereabouts information, etc. The privacy information in personal information shall be subject to the provisions on privacy; If there are no provisions, the provisions on the protection of personal information shall apply.