The information revolution that the modern society is experiencing has led to profound transformation of the ideology and paradigm of state governance, which are particularly embodied in the interaction between state power and human rights. Against this background, the protection of personal information entails not only the protection of the information itself, but also the prevention of the abuse of the information, which may lead to the infringement upon other legal rights of citizens, either substantial or procedural. In the context of criminal justice, information revolution introduces personal information big data into the process of crime control. The key attributes of big data-process and algorithm reliance, behavioral pattern oriented prediction, data exploration based cognition paradigm, and data fragmentation-have led to the corresponding changes in the ideology and model of crime control. The changes can be observed mainly from two aspects:the expansion of third parties' obligations of personal data collection, retention, and data sharing on the one hand, and an earlier starting point of crime control for the purpose of risk management on the other. While personal information big data can contribute to the identification of criminal risks and, subsequently, to the optimization of the allocation of criminal justice resources, it can also get into violent conflicts with criminal justice due process, particularly with the principle of presumption of innocence, the principle of equality of arms between the prosecution and the defense, and the principle of legality regarding the allocation and monopoly of power. At this point in history, and from an information society perspective, an analytical framework elaborating the start point and the foothold of the reform of relevant procedural rules needs to be adopted to resolve these conflicts. The start point refers to the dynamic evolution of the "power-right" interaction in the digital era, while the foothold refers to the establishment of a new equilibrium between the dual value of criminal justice-that is, crime control on the one hand, and human rights protection on the other. |