Enforce data protection responsibilities

PERSONAL INFORMATION - such as an ID number, phone and travel records - is made available to anybody who can provide a smartphone number and who is willing to pay a few hundred yuan in the underground information market. Beijing News comments:

Last December, there were reports that people could purchase personal information for a few hundred yuan as long as they could provide an ID number. Two months have passed and the underground market has "improved" its service: an ID card number is no longer needed, all that is needed is a smartphone number.

From phone call records to travel records, from addresses to bank accounts, almost every piece of personal information has a price and is for sale in the underground market.