Students complain about privacy

GUANGZHOU: A new Internet monitoring system tested in the Shantou University network was not intended to interfere with students' privacy online, university authorities said yesterday.

"The testing of the new system was just part of regular network upgrading," a staff with the network center of Shantou University, surnamed Lu, told China Daily.

The new system, sinfor AC, was tested in the university network on July 31, but canceled a day later after strong protests by students.