Case study

Case Xiao Zhang wanted to buy a house, so he went to an intermediary company for consultation. The escort agency asks for its email address and mobile phone number on the grounds of sending house information, but sells personal information such as email address. Not long after, Xiao Zhang received several information about houses for sale and several real estate developers' project information in his mailbox. In the next month, Xiao Zhang often received information about renting and selling various houses, and received calls from time to time to sell houses and provide decoration services. Xiao Zhang was very depressed, so he sued the intermediary to the court. Is the intermediary's practice illegal? In case, it is illegal. Article 111th of the Civil Code stipulates that the personal information of natural persons is protected by law. Any organization or individual who needs to obtain other people's personal information shall obtain and ensure the information security according to law, and shall not illegally collect, use, process or transmit other people's personal information, or illegally buy, sell, provide or disclose other people's personal information. Article 1034 of the Civil Code stipulates that the personal information of natural persons is protected by law. Personal information is all kinds of information recorded electronically or in other ways that can identify a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including natural person's name, date of birth, ID number, biometric information, address, telephone number, e-mail address, health information, whereabouts information, etc.