Legal experts are now calling on the national legislature to speed up its consideration of draft legislation on data protection
法律专业呼吁国家立法机关加快起草有关隐私权保护的法律?
Ye Bing, a lawyer with Shenzhen-based Guangdong Jiangshanhong Law Firm, said: "Without a clear definition of privacy rights, personal information has been widely misused and those who profit from the practice are not being suitably punished."
Under current law, those who believe their privacy rights have been violated can file lawsuits only if the breach resulted in damage to their reputation.
News of the leaked hospital records comes on the heels of similar cases of breached databases in Hong Kong.
Within the past year, unauthorized parties have gained access to a bank's database of 160,000 clients and a hospital's database of 16,000 patients in the region.