Stronger legal defense for personal info

ON WEDNESDAY, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the standardization administration jointly released a national guideline on personal information protection, which will come into effect on May 1. Beijing News comments:

We live in an age of big data, in which personal information can easily be leaked. For example, when you buy something online, your address, your cellphone number, even your preferences might be collected and sold.

Worse, some illegal gangs might obtain your personal information via illegal channels and use the information to defraud you.