What is the significance of Wuxi's destruction of more than 1 billion personal epidemic-related data?


　　On March 3, the Wuxi Municipal Government of Jiangsu Province issued a document stating that the local government held a ceremony to destroy personal data related to the epidemic. The first batch of more than 1 billion personal information data stored in the city's big data center for epidemic prevention and control and service purposes was destroyed.

The local staff said that the destruction used professional information destruction software, which can ensure that the data cannot be recovered.

　　The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that when the "communication itinerary card" service was officially offline, the relevant agencies also stated that all data related to the itinerary card had been deleted simultaneously to effectively protect personal information security.

In February of this year, when Guangdong Province Yuekangma announced that some services were offline, it also stated that it would completely delete and destroy all data related to the service.

Professionals said that epidemic-related data involves information such as places people have visited, which contains personal privacy, and once leaked, it may endanger personal safety.

Therefore, timely destruction of these epidemic-related data is of great significance to protect the safety of citizens.

Wuxi, Jiangsu uses professional software to ensure that it cannot be recovered

　　The official website of the Wuxi Municipal Government in Jiangsu Province issued a document on March 3rd, stating that on March 2nd, Wuxi City held a ceremony to destroy personal data related to the epidemic. Personal Information Data.

Local government staff told Beiqing Daily on the 3rd that the data was destroyed using professional information destruction software, which can ensure that the data cannot be recovered.

　　According to the official website of the Wuxi Municipal Government, the destruction of data was carried out in accordance with relevant laws and regulations such as the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", and third-party audit agencies and notary offices also participated in the process. activity.

Next, Wuxi City Transportation Center will continue to strengthen the safety education of technical operation and maintenance personnel, strengthen the concept of data security compliance, improve the data security awareness of all employees, and strictly prohibit the private retention and transfer of epidemic-related data, etc., to fully protect citizens personal privacy.

In addition, more than 40 digital epidemic prevention service applications, such as the local imported cold chain food declaration and traceability system and freight passes, were also offline on March 2.

　　According to a person from the Wuxi Municipal Data Management Bureau, since the "Digital Epidemic Prevention" service was launched, the city's urban big data center has collected more than 1 billion pieces of multi-category personal data to ensure proper confidentiality and security of data and adhere to the principle of minimum sufficient use , mainly used for nucleic acid screening, flow traceability, foreign defense against imported epidemics, nucleic acid detection of key populations, etc.

"During the collection and storage of data, we adopted effective technical and management measures to ensure the security of personal information in accordance with laws and regulations, and no data leakage occurred."

　　According to the official website of the Wuxi Municipal Government, the data element is the core engine for the deepening and development of the digital economy. In the digital age, personal information is easily stolen or abused. Regular destruction of sensitive data can reduce the occurrence of related problems and protect personal privacy.

Wuxi's destruction of personal data of citizens involved in the epidemic is the first of its kind in a prefecture-level city across the country.

Relevant data will be destroyed after the service of Guangdong Yuekang Code is discontinued

　　A reporter from the Beiqing Daily noticed that since the end of last year, a number of platforms involving personal data related to the epidemic have issued statements saying that relevant data will be destroyed.

　　On December 13, 2022, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology issued a notice stating that, according to the relevant requirements of the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Defense and Joint Control Mechanism of the State Council, the "Communication Travel Card" service will be officially offline from 00:00 on the same day.

China Institute of Information and Communications Technology has simultaneously deleted all data related to the itinerary card in accordance with relevant laws and regulations to effectively protect the security of personal information.

　　The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology stated that since the "Communication Travel Card" was launched, strict technical and management measures have been taken in accordance with the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and other laws and regulations to ensure that Personal information security.

During the process of providing itinerary card services, CAICT does not store users' personal itinerary data, and the operation and maintenance data generated during this period will be deleted and destroyed in a rolling manner.

　　In February of this year, the health code system Yuekangma used in Guangdong Province officially issued a service announcement, stating that in accordance with the optimization and adjustment requirements of the national new crown virus infection prevention and control policies and measures, antigen self-testing, assistance for the elderly and children, health declaration, electronic certificates, and epidemic prevention work Taiwan and other services will stop at 11:00 on February 16.

　　According to the announcement, since its launch, the platform has adopted strict technical and management measures in accordance with the "Data Security Law of the People's Republic of China", "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant laws and regulations to protect personal information security in accordance with laws and regulations.

"After stopping the above services, we will completely delete and destroy all service-related data in accordance with relevant laws and regulations to effectively protect the security of personal information."

Expert Interpretation

Timely destruction of epidemic-related data is of great significance to protecting citizens' safety

　　Yesterday, Zeng Xuezhi, deputy to the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress and director of Guangdong Weilun Law Firm, told Beiqing Daily that Wuxi's practice of holding a ceremony to destroy personal data related to the epidemic showed local respect for the rule of law and determination to protect personal information. It is worth promoting.

　　At the two sessions of Guangdong Province this year, Zeng Xuezhi submitted the "Suggestions on Accelerating the Clearing of Personal Privacy Data During the Epidemic Control Period and Effectively Protecting the Legal Rights and Interests of Citizens".

In his suggestion, Zeng Xuezhi proposed that the local government level can set up a privacy data cleaning team, close the data platform port permissions that are not related to the existing epidemic management model, and conduct inspections on the data governance of third-party service organizations such as IT suppliers, so as to avoid platform operators, Backstage staff have the possibility of stealing personal privacy for profit.

　　Regarding Yuekangma's previous announcement that it will completely delete and destroy all data related to the service and effectively protect the security of personal information, Zeng Xuezhi also very much agrees.

He said that since the first meeting of the 13th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress, he has been paying attention to the work of personal information protection, and once proposed a motion on the formulation of the "Guangdong Provincial Personal Information Protection Regulations".

Recently, with the continuous implementation of various measures of the "Class B and B Management" of the new crown epidemic, considering the protection of personal privacy information, he put forward his own suggestions at the two sessions.

　　He said that there have been some cases of fraud in the society after personal information was stolen.

The epidemic-related data generated by health codes and other information involves information such as places people have visited, and contains personal privacy. Once leaked, it may endanger personal safety and cause damage.

Therefore, timely destruction of these epidemic-related data is of great significance to protect the safety of citizens.

(Qu Chang, reporter from Beijing Youth Daily)