(Interview between the two sessions) Citizens' biometric information security is concerned about Zhang Jinying, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
China News Service, Tianjin, March 3, title: Citizens’ biometric information security is concerned, and Zhang Jinying, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, proposes legislation and regulations
China News Agency reporter Zhang Daozheng
Citizen biometric information, especially face recognition technology, has been widely used in recent years, but this technology also has some shortcomings and abuses.
Zhang Jinying, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the 14th Tianjin Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the Democratic Progressive Central Committee and chairman of the Tianjin Municipal Committee, suggested in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the eve of the National People’s Congress that relevant laws should be promulgated as soon as possible to restrict illegal collection and use of citizens’ biological organisms. information.
Data map: Face recognition channel in subway station.
Photo by Zhang Bin
"Traditional methods such as manually set passwords and other information can be reported to be lost and changed to ensure information security. Biological information such as human faces is unique and unchangeable. Once it is leaked or stolen, it cannot be restored to a confidential state, and the losses caused It will be catastrophic and irreversible." Zhang Jinying said that the particularity of biological information such as human faces and the lack of relevant legal protection have caused such information to be abused.
In recent years, some financial institutions, medical institutions, transportation and other public service units in China have taken advantage of their advantageous positions to compulsorily or covertly collect biological information of service targets.
Even some public toilets, communities, shopping malls and restaurants are collecting biological information without the subject's knowledge.
"The abuse of this technology hinders normal social life and social management order, and information leakage and betrayal, illegal use, and even crimes of fraudulent use have occurred, and there have been more and more complaints and disputes related to the collection of biological information. "
Zhang Jinying specifically suggested that the legislative aspects should include: firstly, clarify the subject of biological information collection; secondly, adhere to the principles of legality, legitimacy, and necessity; thirdly, centralized management of citizens' personal biological information; fourthly, strict market access and improved biometric technology Standard; Fifth, we must clean up the existing biological information of illegal citizens.
Zhang Jinying stated that it must be based on the Constitution, Civil Code, Tort Liability Law, etc., based on the principle of "no law is authorized to do nothing", for the purpose of protecting citizens' legal rights, and clearly stipulate that there are only national judicial agencies, public security agencies, and national security agencies. Only then can citizens' biological information be collected and used.
Prohibit and restrict illegal collection and use by other state agencies, including law enforcement agencies, enterprises and institutions, and other social entities.
"Financial and social public service institutions that really need to collect and use should meet the corresponding conditions and can only be implemented after approval, and they should clearly inform the object of the collection before the collection, and the object of the collection should express consent. Collecting without consent is illegal Acquisition behavior." Zhang Jinying also suggested that once approved, the collection object, purpose, method and scope of the record should not be exceeded, otherwise the corresponding legal responsibility should be assumed.
While the legislation prohibits and restricts the collection and use of biometrics, Zhang Jinying suggested that the method of self-inspection and second-inspection should be adopted to clean up illegally collected citizens' biological information.
Encourage relevant social entities and institutions to clean up and eliminate them on their own, and encourage citizens to report and complain about illegal collection and use of citizens' biological information.
Combining existing relevant laws, sanctions and crackdowns on illegal collection and use of citizens' biological information.
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