What are the laws regarding privacy?

Article 252 stipulates: "Anyone who conceals, destroys, or illegally opens another person's letters, infringing on citizens' right to freedom of correspondence, and the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than one year or short-term detention." "Paragraph 1 of Article 253 provides:

Postal workers who open, conceal, or destroy mail or telegrams without permission shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or short-term detention. The above provisions are all concrete extensions of the spirit of the Constitution to protect citizens' privacy rights in the criminal field, and provide the strongest criminal law guarantee for the protection of citizens' privacy rights. The first paragraph of Article 152 of the Criminal Procedure Law provides:

People's courts hearing first-instance cases shall be conducted publicly. However, cases involving state secrets or personal privacy are not tried in public. ”‍

The law on the right to personal privacy states that natural persons have the right to privacy. The privacy rights of others must not be infringed upon by any organization or individual by means such as espionage, invasion, leakage, or disclosure. Privacy refers to the tranquility of a natural person's private life and the private space, private activities, and private information that he or she does not want others to know.

Legal basis: Article 1032 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China provides that natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. The privacy rights of others must not be infringed upon by any organization or individual by means such as espionage, invasion, leakage, or disclosure.

Privacy refers to the tranquility of a natural person's private life and the private intrusion into the private space, private activities, and private information that others do not want to know. Article 1033 Except as otherwise provided by law or with the explicit consent of the right holder, no organization or individual shall carry out the following acts: (1) Disturbing the tranquility of others' private lives by means such as **, text messages, instant messengers, e-mails, leaflets, etc.; (2) Entering, filming, or spying on Li Chi's private spaces such as other people's residences and hotel rooms; (3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, or disclosing the private activities of others.

Legal basis. Article 1032 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China [Right to Privacy] Natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. The privacy rights of others must not be infringed upon by any organization or individual by means such as espionage, invasion, leakage, or disclosure.

Privacy refers to the tranquility of a natural person's private life and the private space, private activities, and private information that he or she does not want others to know.

Article 1033 of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China [Infringement of Privacy] Except as otherwise provided by law or with the explicit consent of the rights holder, no organization or individual may carry out the following acts: (1) Intruding on the tranquility of others' private lives by means such as **, text messages, instant messengers, e-mails, leaflets, etc.; (2) Entering, photographing, or peeping into other people's residences, hotel rooms, or other private spaces; (3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, or disclosing the private activities of others. (4) Photographing or peeping into the intimate parts of others' bodies; (5) Handling the private information of others; (6) Infringing on the privacy rights of others in other ways.