Most people may be confused by the above statements and abbreviations, such as "getting out of a certain HB", "having someone fly back and forth from Beijing to Shanghai", "two hundred package changes", but in reality, these are "secret codes" between "private fans", "proxy photographers" and "scalpers" in the fan community. In recent years, many celebrities and athletes have encountered situations such as "private fans" chasing cars, phone number leaks leading to phone "bombardment", and personal itinerary disruptions caused by fans picking them up, all due to personal information leaks. Recently, the People's Procuratorate of Xinyi City, Jiangsu Province, handled a case of reselling personal information of celebrities for profit, and multiple defendants were sentenced. In November 2024, the public security organs in Xuzhou received a report from insiders that someone in Xinyi City had purchased personal information of celebrities online and illegally sold it again. The public security organs traced the scene and arrested Xiao, Xu, Deng, Zeng and others. Wang Lin, the prosecutor in charge, told the reporter of the Rule of Law Daily that the person involved in the case, Mr. Xu, is a star follower who often goes to scalpers to buy star trips. She met Mr. Xiao, a "scalper" who specializes in selling star high-speed rail trips, and Mr. Li, a scalper who inquired about ID number (another case), and other people to obtain information about the flights, ID number, high-speed rail trains, and other information of many stars. According to Xu's confession, Xiao can not only help check the train number information for 150 yuan each time, but also provide after-sales service. He can also help buy seats for celebrities in the same car or even nearby, which requires an additional fee of 200 to 300 yuan. Xiao found relevant high-speed rail information through a train ticket sales agent named Zeng, and charged 20 yuan for each check. If there are special requirements, additional fees will be required. Li, on the other hand, is a "scalper" who specializes in querying various ID number. According to his confession, he knows a person who used to be an employee of a domestic airline company, and can help with the query. He can also query relevant information through the Internet software "Telegram" with key words such as "social work database" and "information query". In order to balance his income and expenses, Xu increased the price of various information in his hands and resold it to "proxy auction" and "private fans". Among them was Deng, who made a profit of more than 20000 yuan by reselling the price difference. ”Wang Lin introduced that Xu also has a 72 page collection of star ID number, including not only the ID number of well-known domestic stars, but also the passport numbers of some overseas stars. In April 2025, the Xinyi City Procuratorate filed a public prosecution and civil public interest lawsuit against Xu and four others for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information in accordance with the law. In May, the Xinyi City Court sentenced four individuals to imprisonment ranging from six to ten months for the crime of infringing on citizens' personal information, and imposed fines ranging from 6000 to 21000 yuan. At the same time, the four individuals are also required to bear compensation for public welfare damages ranging from RMB 9000 to RMB 20000, and publicly apologize in national media. And this phenomenon is not an isolated case. Wang Lin stated that the travel information of celebrities has become a "star chasing commodity" that is being sold, which indicates a lack of supervision by relevant parties. Companies, platforms, departments, etc. have not fulfilled their responsibilities properly, resulting in the leakage of personal information of citizens; On the other hand, there is also the impact of insufficient technological protection measures, with illegal crawling, information leakage and other means continuing to spread, making it difficult for criminals to determine their identities and making accountability difficult. More noteworthy is that there were cases in which the individuals involved bought and sold information while they were minors. In recent years, minors have been willing to spend a lot of money to purchase personal information in order to obtain the latest updates on their idols. Some even, like the individuals involved in this case, have increased their prices and resold for profit in order to "balance their income and expenses". Minors lack relevant legal knowledge and awareness of personal information protection, and are not aware of the consequences of illegal buying and selling of personal information. Under the wave of fanatical star chasing, they lose their personal judgment ability and embark on the path of illegal and criminal activities. On the one hand, the procuratorial organs will effectively play the educational and guiding role of the Vice President of the Rule of Law and the Rule of Law Propaganda Team through greater efforts and a wider range of legal education, helping minors establish correct values and effectively enhance their legal awareness; On the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen collaboration and cooperation among multiple departments, continuously increase efforts to crack down on personal information black and gray industries, and form a joint force for social governance. ”Sun Li, Secretary of the Party Group and Chief Prosecutor of Xinyi Procuratorate, told reporters. The procuratorial organs hereby remind that chasing celebrities requires rationality. Buying and selling citizens' personal information is not a shortcut to chasing celebrities. Do not be misled by the distorted "fan circle culture" and keep the legal bottom line. (New Society)