Is it illegal to send other people’s chat history?

Legal analysis: Internet infringement is an illegal act and does not necessarily break the law. It generally requires civil liability. However, if you insult or slander others on the Internet, if the circumstances are serious, you may be suspected of insult or slander, and you will need to bear criminal liability, which is illegal.

Legal basis: "Civil Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 110 Natural persons enjoy the rights to life, body, health, name and portrait. rights, reputation rights, honor rights, privacy rights, marital autonomy and other rights.

Legal persons and unincorporated organizations enjoy the right to name, reputation and honor.

Article 1032: Natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe on the privacy rights of others through spying, intrusion, leakage, disclosure, etc.

Privacy is a natural person’s private life and peace, and the private space, private activities, and private information that he does not want others to know.

Article 1,033 Unless otherwise provided by law or with the express consent of the right holder, no organization or individual may carry out the following acts:

(1) By phone or text message , instant messaging tools, emails, flyers, etc. to intrude on the private life and peace of others;

(2) Enter, photograph, and peek into other people's homes, hotel rooms and other private spaces;

(3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, and disclosing others’ private activities;

(4) Photographing, peeping at the private parts of others’ bodies;

(5) Processing others’ private information;

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

Article 1034: The personal information of natural persons is protected by law.

Personal information is a variety of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including the natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, Phone number, email address, health information, whereabouts information, etc.

For private information in personal information, the provisions on privacy rights shall apply; if there is no provision, the provisions on the protection of personal information shall apply.