Breach of privacy as students' details for sale online

BEIJING - Private information about elementary and secondary school students and their families is for sale online, which legal experts say constitutes an invasion of privacy.

On the list, information about the capital's 70,000 students who sat the recent college entrance examination sells for more than 1,000 yuan ($155).

Information on the list includes names, cell phone numbers and home addresses of students from across the country. The information usually sells as a package for different regions and the prices for each package could be up to 1,000 yuan ($155).