Law ought to better protect people's privacy

UNAUTHORIZED video clips of 5,793 newly born babies in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, appeared in an online forum recently. The videos also contained personal information of the parents. China urgently needs a law to protect people's privacy, said Beijing News on Tuesday. Excerpts:

Su Jin, a resident in Hefei, found a video shot by the hospital where his son was born was available on a commercial website.

The video clips directly name the babies' parents, and include information such as the babies' gender, birth dates and the admission dates of their mothers. The video answered a question that puzzled Su, that he repetitively receives advertising phone calls from baby-related industries, from photographers to rehabilitation massage masters for new mothers.