Is it illegal to look at other people’s privacy?

Legal analysis: It is illegal to look at other people’s privacy, and natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe on the privacy rights of others through spying, intrusion, leakage, disclosure, etc.

Legal basis: "The People's Republic of China and the Civil Code"

Article 1032: Natural persons enjoy the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe on the privacy rights of others through spying, intrusion, leakage, disclosure, etc.

Privacy is a natural person’s private life and peace, and the private space, private activities, and private information that he does not want others to know.

Article 1,033 Unless otherwise provided by law or with the express consent of the right holder, no organization or individual may carry out the following acts:

(1) By phone or text message , instant messaging tools, emails, flyers, etc. to intrude on the private life and peace of others;

(2) Enter, photograph, and peek into other people's homes, hotel rooms and other private spaces;

(3) Photographing, peeping, eavesdropping, and disclosing others’ private activities;

(4) Photographing, peeping at the private parts of others’ bodies;

(5) Processing others’ private information;

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