What if personal information is leaked?

First, how to deal with the disclosure of personal information?

1, collect evidence clues. After the information is leaked, it is easy to receive all kinds of emails and phone calls from all over the world. At this time, you should pay attention and write down useful information such as the phone number or email address of the other party. Report the case to the relevant department. Once personal information is leaked, you can complain to the public security department, Internet management department, industry and commerce department, consumer association, industry management department and relevant institutions. The purpose of reporting a case is to protect one's own rights and interests, and the other is to file a case. Remind friends and relatives around you to prevent being cheated. After personal information is leaked, you can not only use this information to steal your account, but also deceive your relatives and friends. Entrust a lawyer to defend rights. If important personal information is lost and you know how to lose it or have many clues, you can consult relevant laws and regulations with professional lawyers.

2. Legal basis: Article 253 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides personal information of citizens to others, if the circumstances are serious, 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.