Police have easier access to data on hotel guests - Zheng Caixiong
From The China Daily:
From next month, personal information of hotel guests in Guangdong Province will appear on police computers within three hours after they check in.
All hotels and inns in the province have been ordered to install a new security management system the first of its kind in the country given free by the police, according to a provincial regulation on management of hotels and security.
The system, which is linked to public security departments’ computer network, will enable police to have easier access to hotel guests’ information.
Hotels that fail to install the system before the end of August will be fined between 5,000 yuan (US$625) and 10,000 yuan (US$12,500), with heavier penalties including withdrawal of business licences prescribed after September. [Full Text]
