China News Network, Tianjin, March 9th (Reporter Zhang Daozheng) The Tianjin Municipal Party Committee's Network Information Office issued a notice on the 9th: From now on, the city will launch a special administration to collect and use personal information in the prevention and control of App related to the epidemic situation.

The notice said that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, various mobile Internet applications (Apps) have been widely used in Tianjin's epidemic prevention and control work, effectively supporting epidemic surveillance, information reporting, publicity and education, environmental rectification, and difficult assistance. Control tasks. At the same time, there are also problems such as unauthorized, out-of-range collection and use of personal information, and no explicit collection and use rules. There is a risk of personal information leakage and abuse.

In order to strengthen the protection of personal information during epidemic prevention and control, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the majority of Internet users, actively use big data to support epidemic prevention and control, resume work, resume production, and resume schooling. "Notice" "Guidelines for Informatization Construction and Application of New Crown Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Work in the Community (First Edition)" and the overall deployment requirements of the Tianjin Epidemic Prevention and Control, Tianjin Municipal Network Information Office decided to carry out special treatment.

The target of this governance is the operation and management of legal persons and other organizations established or registered in the administrative area of ​​Tianjin, supporting epidemic surveillance and key population management, access control, information reporting, publicity and education, environmental rectification, difficult assistance, Mobile Internet applications for community services and other prevention and control tasks, including apps, applets, web tools, etc., are collectively referred to below as "outbreak prevention and control apps".

According to the "Network Security Law" and other relevant regulations, and with reference to relevant technical standards, this time focuses on the following illegal and illegal collection and use of personal information in the outbreak prevention and control app: (1) unauthorized collection or use of personal information; (2) Failure to publicly collect and use rules; (3) Failure to explicitly state the purpose, method, and scope of collecting and using personal information; (4) Violating necessary principles to collect personal information that is not related to the services it provides; (5) To others without consent Provide personal information; (6) Failure to provide information to delete or correct personal information, or to publish complaints, reports, etc., as required by law; (7) Failure to take management and technical protection measures in accordance with laws and regulations, and theft of personal information Risks of being leaked; (8) Disposing of personal information without the consent of the user and without desensitization; (9) Failure to take timely measures to remove personal information related to epidemic prevention and control after the epidemic is over.

Relevant person in charge of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee's Network Information Office pointed out that when collecting and using personal information, operators of epidemic prevention and control apps should strictly fulfill their responsibilities under the Cyber ​​Security Law and the Tianjin Data Security Management Measures (Interim). Responsible for security, take effective measures to strengthen the protection of personal information, and conduct self-examination and rectification in accordance with the "App Identification Method for Illegal Collection and Use of Personal Information" and relevant national standards.

The notice emphasizes that epidemic prevention and control App operators should report the main information and personal information collection and usage rules of App operators through the "Tianjin Data Security Mapping Investigation Work Platform" before March 12, the purpose, method, scope, type, Relevant information such as usage, except for epidemic prevention and control apps that have not collected and used personal information, newly-operated apps should be reported in a timely manner.

The Information Office of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee will organize relevant departments to evaluate and detect the situation of the collection and use of personal information by the Epidemic Prevention and Control App. If there are problems, the operator will be ordered to make corrections within a time limit; if the changes are not made or the circumstances are serious, the operator will be interviewed in accordance with the law , Public exposure, notification of removal, administrative punishment and other measures, the suspected crime is transferred to the public security organs for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law. (Finish)