Is it illegal to pry into other people's privacy?

1. Is it illegal to peek into other people's privacy?

This is illegal and can be handled by the police.

Second, the legal consequences

Voyeurism generally does not violate the criminal law, but it will be punished by public security management and bear civil liability according to the seriousness of the case.

1, administrative penalty

According to Article 69 of the Law on the Protection of Minors, if the violation of minors' privacy constitutes a violation of public security administration, the public security organ shall give administrative punishment according to law.

Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment: Anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.

Article 46 of the Regulations on the Protection of Minors in Shanghai: Those who violate the provisions of these regulations and infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of minors shall bear civil liability according to law; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

It can be seen that peeping into other people's privacy will violate the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment and be detained for less than five days or fined less than 500 yuan. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan.

2. Civil liability

According to the General Principles of the Civil Law and the judicial interpretation of the Supreme Court, the main ways to bear civil liability are: First, stop the infringement. That is, when the perpetrator is committing an infringement, the victim can request to stop the infringement according to law. The second is to apologize. In other words, the perpetrator apologized to the victim orally or in writing and obtained an understanding. The third is to compensate for the losses. Compensation for losses here mainly refers to compensation for non-property damage, which is also commonly known as compensation for mental damage.

There is no clear content of privacy protection in the written law of our country. Only in judicial practice, when encountering privacy problems, the judicial interpretation stipulates that it protects privacy in the name of reputation. Specific violations are:

(1) invasion. The act of invading, searching or otherwise disturbing the peace of another person's house.

(2) monitoring. Unauthorized monitoring and monitoring of other people's whereabouts, residence, etc. , and install eavesdropping devices or camera equipment.

(3) peep. Deliberately peeping at other people's homes, peeping at other people's private lives with binoculars or other equipment.

(4) spying. Investigate the contents of other people's correspondence or other private documents, illegally spy on other people's sexual life, illegally spy on other people's property and other private information.

(5) search. The act of illegally searching another's body or property.

(6) Disclosure, publicity or publicity. Illegal disclosure, publicity or publicity of other people's private information, such as other people's personal data, marriage history, victim record, medical history, property status, etc. , are violations of the privacy of others. Therefore, voyeurism has violated the privacy of citizens.