It is illegal to investigate other people's personal privacy, and it may constitute a crime if it causes serious consequences. . Individual citizens can inquire about the personal information of other citizens through legal examination and approval procedures. It is definitely illegal for individuals to inquire privately without legal approval procedures. Privacy refers to a kind of personality right that natural persons enjoy the peace of private life and the privacy of private information is protected according to law, and they are not illegally invaded, known, collected, used and made public by others, and to what extent the right subject can interfere with their private lives with others. Under normal circumstances, stealing personal information will not constitute a crime, but it will constitute infringement. However, after stealing personal information, providing personal information to citizens is serious and will constitute a crime of infringing on citizens' personal information. Our country protects citizens' private lives and information from illegal infringement by others.
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.
Derivative problem:
Can the police inquire about personal information at will?
The police are not allowed to check personal information casually unless it meets the job requirements. The people's police can inquire about citizens' personal information according to the needs of their work, but casually inquiring about personal information belongs to abuse of power and should be given administrative sanctions; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.