Is it illegal for social workers to check others?

Legal analysis: it is illegal for social workers to check others. Invasion of others' privacy.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 1032 Natural persons shall have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, revealing or making public.

Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live peacefully and don't want to be known by others.

Article 1033 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 and peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing the privacy of others;

(4) Shooting or peeping at other people's private parts;

(5) Handling other people's private information;

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