2021-22学年第14期总第851期（2版）
Protecting your info (P2)

I. Read the article and answer the following questions.
1. What can we learn about personal information from the law?
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2. Why do we need to protect our personal information?
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3. How should people protect their personal information, as well as that of others?
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II. 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.

III. 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.

参考答案：

I.1. 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", such as fingerprints, faces, religious beliefs and so on.

2. 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 for the purpose of marketing.
-Our data can be used for much more serious acts, such as communication fraud.

3. 1) For individuals:
-Raise awareness 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 administrations 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.

II.
(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