Privacy Better Protected in Courier Sector

The State Post Bureau and the Ministry of Public Security recently held a press conference on the progress made in a campaign launched by them in March together with the Cyberspace Administration of China to protect privacy of customers in the courier services sector. More companies have switched to new postal labels that conceal part of the recipients’ personal information, the number of such labels used every day is now estimated at 100 million.

Since March, the public security authorities have opened 189 cases on privacy violation in the postal sector, including illegally obtaining and selling customer information, and arrested 654 suspects. The postal authorities investigated 377 instances of malpractice by postal service providers, and organized 9,000 educational activities on information security.

The State Post Bureau will formulate or revise relevant regulations, intensify supervision and punishment of privacy violations, improve risk control, and encourage courier companies to adopt new technologies and measures to improve data protection.