Is it illegal to view other people's information privately?

It is illegal to view other people's information without permission, which is an invasion of other people's privacy. State functionaries' private inquiry of personal information involves the crime of infringing citizens' personal information. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined.

The penalties for eavesdropping on others' privacy are as follows:

1. eavesdropping on others' privacy is an invasion of privacy and an illegal act, which can be punished according to law or bear civil liability.

2. Anyone who commits one of the following acts shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined for less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 5 days 10 days, and may also be fined up to 500 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;

(five) sending obscene, insulting, threatening or other information for many times, interfering with the normal life of others;

(6) Peeping, stealing, eavesdropping or spreading others' privacy.

Legal basis:

Article 253 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the relevant provisions of the state by selling or providing citizens' personal information to others. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or only be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years and shall also be fined. Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides others with personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services shall be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Whoever steals or illegally obtains citizens' personal information by other means shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph. Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the preceding three paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the persons who are directly in charge and other persons who are directly responsible shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs.