Does the school have the right to check the students' chat records through the backstage network supervisor?

Schools have no right to monitor students' chat records through the background, which is an invasion of students' personal privacy. If the evidence is conclusive, they can complain to the education department. If it is very serious, they can call the police or sue the school, unless the law enforcement department gets the approval of the superior when necessary.

Legal analysis

According to relevant laws and regulations, schools are not allowed to check students' chat records through backstage network supervisors. Chat records belong to students' privacy. As long as students have not violated the law, no one or organization has the right to view students' privacy. This behavior of the school violates the privacy of students. No organization or individual may disclose or view the personal information of minors, such as letters, diaries, e-mails, online chat records, mobile phone short messages, etc. , and shall not disclose the personal privacy of minors. The court will not hear criminal cases of minors who are over 14 but under 16 in public, and criminal cases of minors who are over 16 but under 18 in general will not be heard in public. The right to privacy refers to a personality right that natural persons enjoy the peace of private life, and the privacy of private information is protected according to law, so as not to be illegally violated, known, collected, used and made public by others. Moreover, the right subject has the right to decide to what extent others can interfere in their private lives, whether to disclose their privacy to others and the scope and extent of disclosure, and the school has no right to infringe. No matter what the content of students' chat is, whether it violates morality or law, the content of students' chat is their own privacy, and no one or organization is allowed to violate it in any way.

legal ground

Article 4 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Minors shall adhere to the principle of being most beneficial to minors. Handling matters involving minors shall meet the following requirements: (1) giving special and priority protection to minors; (2) Respecting the personal dignity of minors; (3) Protecting the privacy and personal information of minors; (four) to adapt to the laws and characteristics of the healthy development of minors; (five) to listen to the opinions of minors; (6) Combination of protection and education.