Abstract: In recent years, the construction of e-government based on public data has become an important means for governance capacity improvement transformation and upgrading to a modern government. However, private information protection in the field of e-government is unsatisfactory, which is exemplified in the form improper collection, management and disclosure of citizens' private information by government. The "imbalance" between government information power and citizens' private information rights is the major reason for present situation of information legal protection in the field of e-government. We suggest that China should improve citizens' private information protection e-government and realize a dynamic balance between government information power and citizen information rights by learning from foreign experiences. Measures can be taken in information source regulation, institutional management and mechanism evaluation so as to build the legal system of private information protection in the field of e-government.

Key words: E-government, private information protection, government information power, citizen information rights, public sector, non-public sector