News Analysis
The leak of a Shanghai police database containing personal details of a billion people has again highlighted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) reckless attitude toward its citizens’ privacy.
The CCP has frequently introduced data security-related laws in recent years, but instead of focusing on protecting the personal information of Chinese citizens, it has used them as a tool to suppress Chinese companies and advance its international ambitions.
In early July, an anonymous hacker or group under the name of “ChinaDan” listed for sale a database of personal information of 1 billion Chinese national residents on Breach Forums, a popular hacker community. The database originated from the Shanghai police….