Residents' private info allegedly leaked by post office Property owners receive promotional letters with detailed names and addresses....

Residents' private info allegedly leaked by post office

Property owners receive promotional letters with detailed names and addresses. (Photo: New Express Daily / Zheng Yanhong)

Property owners in Shenzhen suspect that their private information has been leaked by the post office, New Express Daily reports.

"Each member of my family received a promotional letter from Sam's Club with the logo of Shenzhen Post Office on the envelope," a netizen named "Zuojia-Tianyou" posted on his microblog. The person who made the claim lives in Pengda Garden, in the Longgang district of Shenzhen.

Moreover, dozens of other property owners within the two neighborhoods of Pengda Garden and Diecui Garden, also received promotional letters sent by the Shenzhen Post Office from Sam's Club, a division of the Wal-Mart chain of supermarkets, located in Longgang, Shenzhen.

"Sam's Club and Shenzhen Post Office do cooperate, and this cooperation refers to the delivery services offered by Shenzhen Post Office," Zheng Zhong, PR manager of Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd. said. Zheng added, "All operational processes are controlled by the Post Office, and staff of Sam's Club do not have access to the private information of home owners."

However, Zhu Yongping, a lawyer at the Guangdong Datong Law Firm said, "The practices of Shenzhen Post Office have led to the suspicion that the private information of citizens has been leaked."

"Even if the Shenzhen Post Office has not disclosed the private information of residents to enterprises, this form of delivery service with the purpose of making profit encroaches on the right of privacy," Zhu added.

The Longgang Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen has received the resident's complaints and will carry out further investigation.