Ms. Li bought a commercial house on Friendship Avenue in Wuchang, and plans to decorate it in the second half of the year. Not long ago, she visited a decoration exhibition and left the phone numbers of two of them. Since then, not only many decoration companies have called to inquire about the installation of the house, but also air conditioners, flooring vendors and sanitary ware vendors have called to promote it, which makes her upset. In order to be quiet, Ms. Li is going to change her phone number.
The reporter learned that many citizens have similar experiences with Ms. Li. Ms. Rong, who lives in Hankou, told reporters that since she bought a house and a car a few years ago, she has often received repeated calls from some insurance companies, fitness clubs and beauty institutions, or promoted auto insurance, or invited experience and recommended cards. In the face of such enthusiastic and persistent sales promotion, Ms. Rong instinctively felt an aversion. She can't figure out why personal information has become a "public resource".
Personal information can be bought and sold.
How is personal data disseminated? The reporter found that citizens should fill in detailed personal information when buying a car, a house, a membership card and a bank card, and few people pay attention to whether the merchants promise to keep or disclose personal information.
An insider said that he had promoted VIP cards in a hotel and learned some channels and methods to collect personal information. He introduced that many industries have set up special "intelligence departments" to collect the required personal information and develop potential customers through online inquiry, interpersonal network and even payment for goods.
According to an insider, the reporter only entered "personal information" on a search website, but there were 6,543,800 pieces of relevant information. Among them, some web pages also classify personal information, such as owner information, apartment owner information, shareholder information and so on. As long as the buyer pays in the specified way, he can buy more than 10 thousand pieces of personal information at a unit price of a few cents each.
Relevant legislation is advancing.
Lawyer Rong Chuan of Hubei Xieli Law Firm said that it is illegal to sell other people's personal data, telephone numbers and other personal information, but it is impossible to solve this problem through legal channels at present.
Lawyer Rong reminded that in order to protect their personal information, citizens should provide as little information related to their privacy as possible when filling out various materials. Even if they have to fill in complete information, they should agree not to disclose it.
It is reported that the relevant departments in the State Council have started the legislative procedure of the Personal Information Protection Law. In the proposal draft of the Personal Information Protection Law drafted by the research group of the Institute of Law of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, personal mobile phone number, home address, medical file, occupation, etc. Are within the scope of protection. For example, business card shops leave customers' business cards at the bottom privately, recruiters throw away candidates' resumes, and poor hospital management leads to the disclosure of patients' medical records. These are illegal and will be investigated for administrative, civil and even criminal responsibility.