East China’s Jiangsu province kicked off its annual publicity campaign on cyber security Monday morning in Nanjing. Wang Yanwen, member of the standing committee of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial Committee and head of the publicity department, address the launch ceremony.
Wang remarked that the publicity on cyber security is an important measure to implement the gist of the speeches made by General Secretary Xi Jinping concerning cyber security, which is the prerequisite for the promotion of the healthy development of cyber civilization and safeguarding of people’s interests.
She also noted that the publicity on cyber security concerns national security and personal safety and plays an important role in the safeguarding of people’s rights and interests.
We should firmly establish the correct concept on cyber security by strengthening the notionof "cyber security for the people and dependent on the people" to ensure that people will share the achievements of Internet development, the provincial publicity chief said.
She called on people to vigorously popularize the knowledge of cyber security by strengthening the protection ofminors on the Internet and promoting the cyber security knowledge in the campus, guiding the young people to cultivate a civilized and healthy cyber life style, and cultivating the cyber norms of behavior.
The provincial publicity chief demanded that people should improve cyber security, enhance the safety protection skills, ensure the safety of cyberoperation, and crack down on illegal and criminal activitiesin the cyber space for the healthy rule of the law for the Internet.
China’s cyber security law takes effect on June 1st. The law has been largely touted as a milestone in data privacy regulations, but critics say authorities haven't provided enough information about how the wide-reaching law will be implemented. That's a big concern, as failure to comply carries fines that could hit 1 million yuan and potential criminal charges.
The law focuses on protecting personal information and individual privacy, and standardizes the collection and usage of personal information. As such, companies will now be required to introduce data protection measures, and sensitive data — for instance, information on Chinese citizens or relating to national security — must be stored on domestic servers.
In some cases, firms will need to undergo a security review before moving data out of China. One of the challenges, however, is that the government has been unclear on what would be considered important or sensitive data.
Unauthorized collection, disclosure and receipt of a citizen's personal information now constitute a criminal offense. Sanctions would take into account the degree of harm, and the amount of illegal gains — fines could go up to five times the amount of those ill-gotten gains.
