Is it legal for public security personnel to tell others their personal home address casually?

Public security personnel who casually tell others their personal home address are liable. It is illegal to disclose personal information and privacy, and the police are no exception. No organ or individual has this privilege.

Legal analysis

According to relevant laws and regulations, citizens' personal information has legal protection value. The protection of citizens' personal information is not based on the request of the information owner. No organization or individual has the right to disclose or obtain personal information unless it is based on the need of safeguarding national interests, public interests or the will of the information owner. Citizens' personal information carries citizens' individual characteristics, even their rights. If it is leaked and obtained by others, it will inevitably lead to the danger that citizens may be infringed at any time. Stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining citizens' personal information, if the circumstances are serious, can be investigated for criminal responsibility. But what is "serious circumstances" has no clear rules to follow. From the legislative background, in recent years, citizens' information has been widely leaked, advertisements selling all kinds of citizens' personal information have appeared on the Internet, and even "professional households" collecting and selling citizens' personal information have appeared in society, posing a serious threat to citizens' personal privacy and personal property safety. Therefore, it is necessary to protect citizens' personal information security through punishment. However, the penalty method has its special scope of application, and not all acts of illegally obtaining citizen information should be punished by penalty.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 1032 Natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public. Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.

Article 103 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts: (1) Interfere with the private life and peace of life of others by means of telephone, short messages, instant messaging tools, e-mails, leaflets, etc. ; (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.