Is it illegal for parents to peek at their children's chat records?

It is illegal for parents to peek at their children's chat records.

According to national laws and regulations, the following acts are invasion of privacy:

1. Publish the names, portraits, addresses and telephone numbers of citizens without their permission;

2. Invading or searching other people's houses illegally, or disturbing the peace of life of others in other ways;

3. Illegally stalking others, monitoring others' residences, installing eavesdropping equipment, secretly photographing others' private lives, and spying on others' indoor conditions;

4. Without the permission of the parties concerned, illegally spying on the property status of others or publishing their property status;

5. Privately open other people's letters, peek at other people's diaries, spy on other people's private documents, and make them public;

6. Investigating and spying on other people's social relations and making them illegal;

7. Interfere with other couples' sexual life or investigate and publish;

8. Publicize the extramarital sex life of others to the society;

9. Leaking citizens' personal data or making it public or expanding the scope of disclosure;

10, collecting pure personal information that citizens are unwilling to disclose to the society.

The Regulations on the Protection of Minors stipulates that no organization or individual may disclose or view the personal information of minors, such as letters, diaries, e-mails, online chat records, mobile phone messages, etc. , and shall not disclose the personal privacy of minors.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 993 A civil subject may permit others to use his name, title and portrait, except as provided by law or according to his nature. Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(a) by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. Disturb the private life of others;

(2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities;

(4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies;

(5) handling other people's private information;

(6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.