"Regulations on the Management of Internet User Account Name Information Management": Show IP belonging place will become normal

21st Century Business Herald reporter Guo Meiting intern Liu Ziyi Guangzhou reported

On June 27, the National Internet Information Office issued the "Regulations on the Management of Internet User Account Information" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), which will be implemented from August 1, 2022.

The "Provisions" is divided into five chapters in total, including account information registration and use, account information management, supervision and inspection, and legal responsibility. Compared with the discussion draft released last year, the "Regulations" detailed the rules of the IP address ownership place, real -name system and other aspects.

At the same time, the implementation of the "Regulations" also put forward higher compliance requirements for enterprises. Interviewed experts stated that the introduction of the "Regulations" requires relevant platforms to strengthen the supervision of account information in terms of technology, management measures, and disposal processes. It is necessary to redesign some webpages to meet the requirements of the territory of the display IP address and avoid illegal information. spread.

Management from "Name" to "Information" management

It is reported that the predecessor of the "Regulations" is the "Internet User Account Name Management Regulations" issued by the State Cyber ​​Information Office in 2015.

Internet user account information reflects user personality characteristics and is an important carrier for users to show themselves. In recent years, through registration and use of account information, it has occurred to spread false information and implement network violence. In order to cope with the new problems brought about by the rapid development of Internet information services, last October, the Internet Information Office issued a draft of the "Regulations" and publicly solicited opinions from the society. In the end, the "Regulations" was officially promulgated on June 27 this year and implemented on August 1.

The promulgation of the "Regulations" is also the provisions of the implementation of laws and regulations such as the "Network Security Law" and "Personal Information Protection Law", improve the network information security and personal information protection system, and further delineate Internet user registration, use and Internet information service providers Manage the bottom line and red line of the account information, clarify responsibility and obligations, while maintaining a good ecology of the network space.

The "Provisions" is divided into five chapters in total, including account information registration and use, account information management, supervision and inspection, and legal responsibility. It is worth noting that the newly released "Regulations" expanded from a simple "name" management to "information" management compared to the documents promulgated in 2015; Change, from the original Internet user account name information, Internet user account user, and Internet user account service platform, it has become an Internet user account information and Internet information service provider.

"The new expression is more standardized and more comprehensive." Shi Yuhang, a lawyer of Shanghai Huiye Law Firm, said that from the previous documents, the name of the account only focused on the name, avatar, cover, profile, signature, certification, certification, and certification of registration and use. Comprehensive attention of information.

Show the IP address belonging place will become normal

In March of this year, Sina Weibo launched on display the user's "IP territory" function, which has caused heated discussions. On this basis, Sina Weibo carried out product upgrades and new features on April 28- "Personal Homepage First Page Show IP Land", and the territory of the comment area show that the user cannot actively open or close by the user. Social media platforms such as Douban and Xiaohongshu also launched the same features.

The "Regulations" also refined the open rules of the ownership of the IP address. Article 12 and 13 of the "Regulations" clearly: Internet information service providers shall display the Internet agreement (IP) address of the Internet user account (IP) address of the Internet user account within a reasonable range on the Internet user account information page, which is convenient for the public to implement supervision for public interests At the same time, on the Internet user public account information page, it should display information about the operating subject, registered operation address, content production category, unified social credit code, effective contact information, Internet agreement (IP) address belonging place of the public account.

Xia Hailong, a lawyer of Shanghai Shenlun Law Firm, believes that this shows that Internet information service providers show that the user account IP address has become a formal compliance obligation. To a certain extent, it helps to curb the chaos such as counterfeiting, counterfeit accounts, and dissemination of false information, and cyber violence to facilitate public supervision.

"In the future, such public meetings will become the norm." Shi Yuhang analyzed and the "Regulations" also responded to the disputes caused by the posted on Weibo and other platforms for public IP addresses. Moreover, compared to the draft for comments, the "Regulations" no longer require the IP address to be marked with provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities). Inside.

Shi Yuhang further pointed out that the public information processing activities of the IP address belonging to the place of belonging to the ownership of the IP address are "implementation of news reports and public opinion supervision and other behaviors in Article 13, paragraph 1, paragraph 1 of the Personal Information Protection Law. Treatment of personal information within the scope still requires Internet information service providers to inform users in privacy policies.

Enterprises must strengthen account information supervision

As the basic principles of the real -name system of my country's network, the "background real name and the front desk voluntarily" have long been determined in the 2015 "Regulations on the Management of the Internet User Account Name" and continued to the discussion draft in 2021, but it did not appear in the final " In the provisions. However, Article 14 of the "Regulations" still requires "establishing a sound and strict implementation of real identity information certification."

Article 7 stipulates that "Internet personal user registration and account information, which contains professional information, shall be consistent with the real professional information of the individual." At the same time, "Internet institutional user registration and account information should be used Consecration is consistent with the nature of the institution, the scope of operation and the type of the industry. Compared with the draft of the solicitation, it also stipulates that the complaint report and legal responsibility have been added. The report of the complaint report and the announcement of the complaint report; those who violate the "Regulations" shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations. If the laws and administrative regulations are not stipulated, the online information department at or above the provincial level will give warnings and notifications to criticize and criticize criticism and order to order and order Correction within a time limit, and a fine of less than 100,000 yuan or less than 100,000 yuan. For those who violate public security management, they are transferred to public security organs for handling; those who constitute crimes are transferred to the judicial organs for treatment.

For enterprises, how should we respond to the compliance requirements brought by the "Regulations"?

Shi Yuhang suggested that enterprises should take a review. In technology (such as account information dynamic verification system), management measures (real identity information certification, account information verification, information content security, ecological governance, emergency disposal, personal information protection and other management systems), disposal process (such as some occupation authentication of identity verification Process) The supervision of account information is strengthened. At the same time, it is necessary to redesign part of the interface to meet the requirements of the territory of the display IP address and avoid the spread of illegal information.

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