What if personal information is stolen?

1. Change the account. 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 your 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, it is necessary to immediately stop using the account 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.

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.

4. Sue. If important personal information is lost and you know how to lose it or have many clues, you can consult relevant laws and regulations with professional lawyers. If the lawyer gives a positive answer, he can use legal weapons to safeguard his rights and interests.

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public.

Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.

Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(a) by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. Disturb the private life of others;

(2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities;

(4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies;

(5) handling other people's private information;

(6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.

Article 1034 The 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.