University Graduate Detained for Stealing Student's Information

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A 25-year-old graduate from the prestigious Renmin University of China (RUC) was detained by the police for illegally obtaining personal information of some university students. The police vowed to impose severe punishment according to the law. 

The police made this announcement on Monday after online posts went viral over the weekend. Such posts claimed Ma, the graduate, stole photos and personal information of both undergraduate and postgraduate students from the university when he was studying there.

Ma, a postgraduate from the RUC, allegedly used the information to create a website that rates the physical appearance of students. He collected students' names, student IDs, dates and regions of birth, according to screenshots circulating online.

He reportedly also stole photos and other personal information of students of the entire university, including undergraduates and post-graduates, and then used all that information to create the website.

The suspected student is reportedly a 2019-batch graduate student of Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence (GSAI) affiliated with the RUC, has now graduated, and joined Tencent. 

The Renmin University of China (RUC) acknowledged that some students' information were illegally acquired. It also said that it has contacted the police and cooperating with them for further investigation as it takes such matters very seriously, a notice released by the university on Sunday said. 

The school strongly condemned the act of infringing personal privacy and harming information security in its notice. 

China's law on personal information protection came into effect in 2021. Activities such as the collection, processing and trading of personal information are strictly monitored, and any related infringements are to be punished, according to the law.

Liu Changsong, a lawyer with Beijing Mugong Law Firm, told reporters on Sunday that the person who sells or provides personal information of a citizen to another person, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of no more than three years or criminal detention and a fine.

Lawyers also said that the case has sounded the alarm for universities to strengthen the protection of students'sensitive and personal data. 

Source: Global Times

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