Legal Mechanisms for the Protection of Personal Information in Public Surveillance

Abstract

How public surveillance balances the relationship between preventing and combating crime and protecting citizens' personal information is a social issue of common concern to the people. With the advent of the digital age and the unprecedented development of Internet technology, public surveillance has spread to all corners of people's lives. Although big data technology brings a lot of convenience to people's daily work and life, it is also prone to cause personal information security problems. For example, the leakage of personal information and the release of personal information have had a great impact on the personal property and mental aspects of citizens. Lack of protection of citizens' right to personal information in public areas, exposing citizens to surveillance as if they were transparent. A strong sense of being monitored and controlled seriously affects the happiness index of citizens. Therefore, the question of how to use public surveillance to safeguard the public interest without infringing on individual privacy is particularly important.