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Law on personal info 'next year'

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Aug.6 - Just after He Xiaoming bought an apartment, she was flooded by phone calls from decoration companies. She didn't have any idea how her personal information became public.

She had to wait two months for the answer: The real estate developer traded her personal information and those of some 500 other buyers for about 800 yuan ($105) a copy.

"It's outrageous," she said. But that was not the first time she had experienced such a shock. Soon after opening a stock market account, she had started getting calls from brokers¹. And her sister began getting milk powder advertisements from the very next day she became a mother.

But the He Xiaomings can take some comfort now because the country has started the legislation of personal information protection law.

Zhou Hanhua, a researcher with the law institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, expects the law to be enacted² next year, but it might take longer to iron out some details.

"We've finished drafting the law and will submit it to the State Council's Legal Affairs Office," said Qin Hai, deputy director of the policy and planning department of the State Council's Informatization Office (SCIO).

Such a law has become a necessity because of the remarkable³ increase in the misuse⁴ and abuse of personal information, Qin said.

Personal mobile phone numbers, home addresses, medical files, property documents and marital⁵ status are all part of the protection list in the draft, Zhou said.

Entrusted⁶ by the SCIO, Zhou began drafting the law with other experts in 2003, and finished the first version in 2005. The SCIO based its official draft on that.

Clarified duty

Zhou said the draft clarifies the legal duty of entities⁷, especially enterprises, to protect personal information by following some basic principles.

For example, it says, an entity⁸ must specify⁹ the purpose personal information will be used for while collecting them. The entity has to make it clear that the information will not be used for any other purpose without the prior consent of the persons.

The draft bans any entity from providing personal information to a third party without the prior approval of the persons. Anyone found violating that could be fined and/or imprisoned¹⁰, Zhou said.

There are exemptions¹¹, though. For instance, such information can be divulged¹² to save a life or in public interest, or for criminal and tax investigations¹³. To ensure press freedom, the media under certain conditions have also been exempted¹⁴.

"The law has to protect personal rights, but it cannot disrupt the normal flow of information or social governance and supervision," Zhou said.

The draft's review has so far not been included in the legislation agenda of the Standing¹⁵ Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature.

Experts have hailed the move to have such a law. "It's a milestone¹⁶ in privacy protection in China," Heilongjiang University civil law professor Sun Yi said.

China doesn't have clear legal provisions to protect privacy at present, so victims can't protect themselves even through lawsuits¹⁷.

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1 brokers
n.（股票、外币等）经纪人( broker的名词复数 )；中间人；代理商；（订合同的）中人v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的第三人称单数 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…
参考例句：
The firm in question was Alsbery & Co., whiskey brokers. 那家公司叫阿尔斯伯里公司，经销威士忌。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹 From time to time a telephone would ring in the brokers' offices. 那两排经纪人房间里不时响着叮令的电话。来自子夜部分

2 enacted
制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律 Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

3 remarkable
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
参考例句：
She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。 These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

4 misuse
n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用
参考例句：
It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。 He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。

5 marital
adj.婚姻的，夫妻的
参考例句：
Her son had no marital problems.她的儿子没有婚姻问题。 I regret getting involved with my daughter's marital problems;all its done is to bring trouble about my ears.我后悔干涉我女儿的婚姻问题, 现在我所做的一切将给我带来无穷的烦恼。

6 entrusted
v.委托，托付( entrust的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He entrusted the task to his nephew. 他把这任务托付给了他的侄儿。 She was entrusted with the direction of the project. 她受委托负责这项计划。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 entities
实体对像；实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。 The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

8 entity
n.实体，独立存在体，实际存在物
参考例句：
The country is no longer one political entity.这个国家不再是一个统一的政治实体了。 As a separate legal entity,the corporation must pay taxes.作为一个独立的法律实体，公司必须纳税。

9 specify
vt.指定，详细说明
参考例句：
We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。 Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

10 imprisoned
下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。 They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

11 exemptions
n.（义务等的）免除( exemption的名词复数 )；免（税）；（收入中的）免税额
参考例句：
The exemptions for interpretive rules, policy statements, and procedural rules have just been discussed. 有关解释性规则、政策说明和程序规则的免责我们刚刚讨论过。来自英汉非文学 - 行政法 A: The regulation outlines specific exemptions for some WPM. 答：该规定概述了某些木质包装材料的特定的例外情形。来自互联网

12 divulged
v.吐露，泄露( divulge的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
He divulged nothing to him save the terrible handicap of being young. 他想不出个所以然来，只是想到自己年纪尚幼，极端不利。来自辞典例句 The spy divulged the secret plans to the enemy. 那名间谍把秘密计划泄漏给敌人。来自辞典例句

13 investigations
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )；侦查；科学研究；学术研究
参考例句：
His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。 He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

14 exempted
使免除[豁免]( exempt的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
His bad eyesight exempted him from military service. 他因视力不好而免服兵役。 Her illness exempted her from the examination. 她因病而免试。

15 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

16 milestone
n.里程碑；划时代的事件
参考例句：
The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。 I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

17 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

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