What is the boundary between information disclosure and personal privacy?

As an important way and means of supervision, information disclosure has been widely used in modern society, but information disclosure cannot be absolute, and exceptions should be allowed. For example, Article 14 of the Regulations on the Openness of Government Information in People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that administrative organs shall not disclose government information involving state secrets, commercial secrets and personal privacy. However, government information that may have a significant impact on the public interest may be disclosed with the consent of the obligee or not disclosed by the administrative organ. Although colleges and universities are not administrative organs, as important institutions, their information disclosure process may also conflict with personal privacy protection. The boundaries of personal privacy are uncertain. Although the protection of personal privacy is regarded as an important human right by law, there is no clear scope and content of personal privacy. This has brought great difficulties to solve the conflict of interest between information disclosure and personal privacy protection. Part of personal information is very important for exercising the right to know and supervise, but it will involve personal privacy to a certain extent, and personal privacy is not clearly defined at the legal level. Therefore, in specific legal practice, the boundaries of personal privacy can only be determined by different standards. Judging from the specific legal practice of information disclosure in China, the author believes that the criteria for judging the conflict between information disclosure and personal privacy protection can be summarized as four: First, the general cognition of social life. For example, people usually regard family information and personal identity information as personal privacy. Therefore, from the general cognition of social life, this kind of information should be protected as personal privacy. Second, information that will adversely affect the parties after disclosure. The confirmation of this kind of personal information is relatively complicated, because there is a specific degree of judgment on the adverse effects, so we should follow the general cognition of society to make a specific judgment on the adverse effects after disclosure. Third, the general will of the parties. That is, the parties are willing to disclose their personal information. Personal information disclosed in this case cannot be regarded as personal privacy. It should be emphasized that this kind of voluntariness should be the expression of the true meaning of the parties, and there can be no coercion. Fourth, the parties take the initiative to disclose. That is, the parties voluntarily disclose personal information. In this case, it should be considered that the party concerned has given up the requirement of personal privacy protection, and the relevant personal information cannot be classified as personal privacy. The scope and mode of information disclosure in colleges and universities From the specific practice of subsidizing poor students in colleges and universities, information disclosure is a necessary condition for exercising the right to know and supervise. Because subsidizing poor students in colleges and universities is an important teaching management behavior, which involves the specific use of teaching management funds, people other than applicants have the right to know the specific use of college funds, and at the same time, they should supervise the teaching management behavior and the use of specific funds in colleges and universities accordingly. For other potential applicants, you also need to know what conditions you meet and how to get poverty relief. However, in the specific process of information disclosure, we should pay attention to protecting the personal privacy of the applicant in order to realize the personal dignity and rights of the applicant. The author believes that the specific scope and method of disclosure can be determined according to the following steps: first, in the sense of general social knowledge, confirm whether the disclosed information belongs to personal privacy. For example, personal family information should be regarded as privacy in the sense of common sense and should be protected as personal privacy. Secondly, it is necessary to judge the specific impact of the disclosure of relevant personal information on the parties. For example, publishing the ID number will bring all kinds of troubles to the applicant, and it may be used by criminals to commit other acts that endanger society. Therefore, it should not be published as public information. Thirdly, whether the parties have the will to make public should be an important condition to judge whether the relevant personal information infringes on personal privacy. Of course, this kind of public will cannot be restricted by compulsory means, such as limiting the eligibility or the amount of application. Finally, if the parties voluntarily disclose relevant personal information, then the relevant information cannot be protected as personal privacy. Because the parties voluntarily disclose their actions, it can be regarded as giving up the protection requirements of relevant personal privacy. In this case, colleges and universities can publish relevant personal information. The public information of colleges and universities includes not only financial aid for poor students, but also many teaching management matters. When solving related information disclosure and personal privacy protection, the above standards can also be applied to determine the scope and mode of information disclosure in colleges and universities to ensure the legitimacy of information disclosure in colleges and universities. To sum up, information disclosure is supported by most people, but it also depends on the right way. If the privacy of others is violated, it may cause harm to one person. So what is the boundary between information disclosure and personal privacy? When you disclose information, you must think carefully and try to protect the parties from more harm.