The police in Tieling, Liaoning Province recently cracked a case of serious infringement of citizens' personal information and illegal access to computer information system data, involving more than 50 million yuan.
According to the introduction of Tieling Public Security Bureau of Liaoning Province, in early July 2020, the police of Netan Detachment of Tieling Public Security Bureau found a clue during an online inspection. Wang, a netizen from Liaoning Province, organized many people to set up a studio in Anshan, Liaoning Province, illegally registered to buy micro-signals, and used the citizen's certificate information to real-name the micro-signals, and then sold them to criminal gangs.
Initially, it was found that the gang involved a large number of people, distributed in the whole country 12 provinces, involving more than 50 million yuan.
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It is also a crime to buy personal information of citizens.
It is reported that in many cases of infringement of citizens' personal information recently pronounced by Cixi court, the persons involved include employees in real estate sales, residential property and architectural decoration industries.
The judge reminded that violations of citizens' personal information include both the sale of personal information and the illegal purchase of citizens' personal information.
Internet service providers and other units shall follow the principles of legality and fairness when collecting and using citizens' personal information in their business activities, and shall not touch the legal warning line. At the same time, the general public should raise their awareness of personal information protection and try not to provide personal information at will. If personal information is found to be leaked, you can complain to public security organs, consumer associations and other departments in time.
CCTV News-Police in Tieling, Liaoning Province have cracked a case of serious infringement of citizens' personal information, involving more than 50 million yuan.