How does the Civil Code of 2023 stipulate the protection of personal information?

In real life, serious disclosure of personal information will cause many problems, such as fraudulent activities, advertising push, harassing phone calls and so on. Personal information protection is very important in the network age, so how does the Civil Code stipulate personal information protection? I'll sort out the relevant knowledge, hoping to help everyone.

1. How does the Civil Code stipulate the protection of personal information?

The civil code stipulates. Personal information of natural persons is protected by law. Any organization or individual who needs to obtain other people's personal information shall obtain and ensure the information security according to law, and can only collect it with the consent of the parties concerned.

II. Relevant laws and regulations

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 111 Personal information is protected by law. Personal information of natural persons is protected by law. Any organization or individual who needs to obtain other people's personal information shall obtain and ensure the information security according to law, and shall not illegally collect, use, process or transmit other people's personal information, or illegally buy, sell, provide or disclose other people's personal information.

Article 1034 Definition of Personal Information The personal information of natural persons is protected by law.

Personal information is all kinds of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, telephone number, e-mail address, health information, whereabouts information, etc.

The privacy information in personal information shall be subject to the provisions on privacy; If there are no provisions, the provisions on the protection of personal information shall apply.

Article 1035 Principles and Conditions for Handling Personal Information The handling of personal information shall follow the principles of legality, justice and necessity, and shall not be over-handled, and meet the following conditions:

(1) Obtaining the consent of the natural person or his guardian, except as otherwise provided by laws and administrative regulations;

(2) Rules for publicly handling information;

(3) Clearly explain the purpose, mode and scope of information processing;

(four) does not violate the provisions of laws and administrative regulations and the agreement between the two parties.

The processing of personal information includes the collection, storage, use, processing, transmission, provision and disclosure of personal information.

From the above analysis, we can know that according to the provisions of the Civil Code, personal information is protected by law. No unit or individual may illegally collect, use, process or transmit other people's personal information, or illegally buy, sell, provide or disclose other people's personal information.