Protect personal information, don’t stop at the “privacy sheet”

On June 23, the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau, the 11th Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and the Network Data Administration of the State Cyberspace Administration jointly held a special action on the security management of personal information of major e-commerce platform companies involved in postal express delivery. The video promotion meeting emphasized the need to strengthen source management of information security. Among them, initiatives such as the implementation of privacy forms and virtual numbers in the express delivery industry have aroused heated public discussion.

The small express delivery note is accompanied by information such as the user's name, mobile phone number, address, type of product purchased, etc. From this information, a person's preferences, consumption habits, financial capabilities, etc. can be pieced together. Through the mobile phone number, you can also check its bound WeChat, Alipay and other payment accounts. There is a risk of the user's personal privacy being stolen and misappropriated. The implementation of "privacy slips" prevents consumers' personal information from being publicly displayed on express delivery slips, which is equivalent to adding a "security lock" to express delivery personal information, blocking the possibility of criminals committing crimes from the source of the information. sex.

Judging from the results of the current trial operation, the "Privacy Form" still faces many difficulties. On the one hand, the "privacy form" increases the time cost of the courier, making it difficult to quickly find the courier due to unknown information, which will also affect the user experience to a certain extent; on the other hand, the "privacy form" can only block express delivery and There are loopholes in a few links such as receipt, and the risk of information leakage in other links still exists. It is urgent to establish a full-process face order information management mechanism.

Of course, it is difficult to ensure that personal privacy is not leaked at all with the "privacy sheet" alone. Protect the security of citizens’ personal information from the source. While making “privacy sheets” a standard feature of the express delivery industry, law enforcement agencies must intensify their efforts to crack down on illegal crimes such as reselling personal information. Users should also increase their awareness of self-protection and try to avoid Active disclosure behaviors, such as trying not to write the residential address in the delivery address when sending express delivery, erasing personal information on the express delivery form before throwing it away, etc. To truly implement the protection of citizens’ personal information security, we need to follow up on legal regulations and daily management and other aspects. (Wu Xue'an)