Chinese authorities have cracked a total of 1,327 cases of personal
information trafficking which involved the use of Internet and other
technologies..
The ministry of public security said in a statement on Sunday, it had
broken up 468 gangs and arrested 1,213 people for suspected personal information
trafficking, China Dailyreported. More than 700 million pieces of personal
information were also seized by police from more than 20 public security organs,
including the cities of Beijing, Hebei and Shanghai.
A large number of computers, hard disks, tracking and positioning devices
had been used by the criminals to market personal information were also captured
during the campaign, the ministry said.
In early April for example, the police in the cities of Beijing and Hebei
found a gang marketed personal information on the Internet, with business
spanning more than 20 provincial and city regions across the country, the
statement noted.
The ministry said it will maintain strong crackdowns on such activities to
ensure people's legal rights are well protected, and also asked the public to
improve the awareness of self-protection by not disclosing personal information
in their daily life.
Late last month, Shanghai's People Procuratorate also said the number of
identity theft cases increased from one in the first half of last year, to
thirty cases this year, with most suspects abusing their employee position to
harvest data for criminal purposes.
China however, has stepped up measures to protect the online personal data
of its citizens. The country's police force in June last year was pushing for
more regulated and clearly defined parameters on crimes personal data theft, as
the existing law makes it tough for law enforcers to convict criminals. The
government also set out rules and guidelines which companies must observe when
they process personal data in February this year.
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