2021-22学年第12期总第849期（2版）
Identity protection (P2)
山东省烟台第二中学 柳力文

I. Pre-reading: discussion
•    Have you ever received phone calls from strangers for marketing purposes?
•    Have you ever been asked to disclose personal information, even if it’s unnecessary?
•    Do you think your personal information is well protected? Do you know how to protect it?
•    Risk is everywhere:    
Many people are at risk of having important information stolen when processing personal data. 
People using bank cards;
People receiving medical services;
Bank depositors (存款人);
Property owners(业主).
…
It’s time to protect our privacy!

II. Read for main idea
Read the article quickly and find out the writer’s purpose of writing it.
A. To introduce the Personal Information Protection Law.
B. To stress the need to protect personal information.
C. To suggest ways to better protect personal information.
Key: ABC

III. Read for details
Read carefully with the following questions in mind and organize your answers.
•    What can we learn about personal information from the law?
The law defines personal information as any kind of information about people who are or can be identified, in electronic or other form. 
There are also some kinds of personal information that are regarded as "sensitive (敏感的)", such as fingerprints (指纹), faces, religious beliefs and so on.

•    Why do we need to protect our personal information?
1) The seriousness of the situation: 
There are more than one billion internet users in our country, and 60 percent of surveyed applications had collected users' information illegally. 
2) The terrible results: 
-Our personal information may be leaked (泄露) for the purpose of marketing. 
-Our data can be used for much more serious acts, such as communication fraud (电信诈骗). 

•    How should people protect their personal information, as well as that of others?
1) For individuals:
-Raise awareness (意识) of protecting personal information. 
-Fully understand the requests for personal information. If it's not necessary, don't agree. 
-If you find that your personal data has been used illegally, you can report to consumer councils or cyberspace (网络) administrations (管理机构) with evidence.
2) For companies or platforms:
-Only handle personal information when there is a specific purpose. 
-Observe the law by not collecting users’ excessive personal data. 
-Don’t steal or sell personal information.

IV. Post-reading
Discuss the following questions in groups and list your ideas.
•    What do you think of the law? Is it effective and significant?
•    Have you learned how to protect personal information in your daily life?

V. Language study
Complete the summary of the article. 
On Nov 1, the Personal Information Protection Law    (1)    (生效) in China, which has detailed rules to   (2)   (加强保护) of personal information. The law   (3)   (定义) personal information as any kind of information about people who are or can be    (4)   (识别). Some information     (5)     (被视为) “sensitive” information is also listed in the law. 
According to the law, activities such as collecting, using, processing and   (6)   (交易) of personal information will be    (7)     (严格管理), and those   (8)    (处理) personal information should inform users and get     (9)     (允许).
To better protect personal information, individuals need to    (10)      (增强意识)  protecting personal information, while companies or platforms need to     (11)    (确保) the information is     (12)      (受到严格保护). Otherwise, they will be fined or face jail time.

(1) came into effect
(2) strengthen the protection
(3) defines
(4) identified
(5) regarded as
(6) trading
(7) strictly regulated
(8) handling
(9) permission
(10) raise awareness of
(11) make sure
(12) under strict protection measures

VI. Assignment
•    Search the internet and learn more about the consequences of data leaks and ways to protect our privacy.
•    Write an article about what you have found.