With the application of Internet technologies in the digital economy,personal information protection faces increasing technical and human risks.This situation has triggered a tension between commercial interests and publicattributes of personal information, and also led to the occurrence of largescaleinformation infringements. At present, China’s personal informationprotection system is in the early stage of development, and there are deficienciesin regulation and practice. The article starts from the necessity of civil publicinterest litigation for personal information protection, analyzes the existingdilemma and explores suitable litigation mechanisms, and proposes solutionsand paths to safeguard personal information security.