Massive Leak Shows Big Data Is Central to CCP’s Ambitions, but It Does Not Protect Chinese Citizens

Massive Leak Shows Big Data Is Central to CCP’s Ambitions, but It Does Not Protect Chinese Citizens
A screen shows visitors being filmed by AI security cameras with facial recognition technology at the 14th China International Exhibition on Public Safety and Security at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing on Oct. 24, 2018. Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images
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The leak of a Shanghai police database containing personal details of a billion people has again highlighted the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) reckless attitude toward its citizens’ privacy.

Jenny Li
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Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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