China's Massive Data Breach Reveals Growing Concerns Over Surveillance State

China's Massive Data Breach Reveals Growing Concerns Over Surveillance State
Short Title	China's Massive Data Breach Reveals Growing Concerns Over Surveillance State
Location	China
Date	July 15, 2022
Solove Harm	Surveillance, Insecurity, Breach of Confidentiality, Intrusion
Information	Behavioral, Public Life, Contact, Social Network, Physical Characteristic, Medical and Health, Criminal, Location, Sexual
Threat Actors	Data breach incident
Individuals
Affected	One billion Chinese citizens exposed by data breach
High Risk Groups	Government Agencies, Corporations, Financial Institutions, Healthcare Organizations, Critical Infrastructure, Journalists and Activists, Minority or Vulnerable Communities, Elderly or Vulnerable Individuals
Tangible Harms	Fraud, Extortion, Loss of Privacy, Criminal Charges, Loss of Freedom

A major data breach in China that exposed the personal information of up to one billion citizens, highlighting growing public unease about the lack of safeguards to protect personal data amid the government's extensive surveillance and data collection efforts.

Description

In China, a major data breach involving personal information of up to one billion citizens has exposed growing public unease about the lack of safeguards in the country's vast surveillance system, with privacy activists, artists, and ordinary citizens pushing back against the abuse of surveillance technology and raising concerns about data misuse, which poses a credibility challenge to the ruling Communist Party's expansive data collection efforts.

Laws and Regulations

Data Security and Privacy Laws
Privacy Concerns
Data Protection Efforts
Local Authorities' Use of Technology

Sources

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/business/china-data-privacy.html