What should I do if my personal information is maliciously leaked?

Personal information disclosure, which may cause serious consequences, should be reported to the public security organs in a timely manner. If the circumstances are serious, the perpetrator may be investigated for criminal responsibility. It is illegal to maliciously disclose citizens' personal information. If serious consequences are caused, the actor will bear the corresponding criminal responsibility for his actions.

Legal analysis

Selling or providing citizens' personal information to others, violating the relevant provisions of the state, selling or providing citizens' personal information obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services, stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining citizens' personal information are all serious illegal acts. Personal information mainly includes the following categories: 1. Basic information. Personal basic information, including name, gender, age, ID number, telephone number, etc. Sometimes it even includes relatively private personal basic information such as marriage, belief, occupation, work unit, income, medical record and birth. 2. Equipment information. Mainly refers to the use of various computer terminal devices 3. Account information. It mainly includes online banking accounts, third-party payment accounts, social accounts and important email accounts. 4. Private information. It mainly includes address book information, call records, short message records, chat records, personal videos and photos. 5. Social relationship information. This mainly includes friend relationship, family member information, work unit information and so on. 6. Network behavior information. Mainly refers to online behavior records, various activities on the network.

legal ground

Article 253 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the relevant provisions of the state by selling or providing citizens' personal information to others. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides others with personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Whoever steals or illegally obtains citizens' personal information by other means shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.