"Citizen's personal information" refers to all kinds of information recorded by electronic or other means that can identify a specific natural person or reflect the activities of a specific natural person alone or in combination with other information, including name, ID number, communication contact information, address, account password, property status, whereabouts and so on.
According to the law, unless otherwise stipulated by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:
1. Interfere with other people's private lives by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc.
2. Enter, take photos and peep into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;
3. Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping and revealing other people's private activities;
4. Shooting and peeping at other people's private parts;
5. Handling other people's private information;
6. Invade the privacy of others in other ways.
Article 253 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Postal personnel who open, conceal or destroy mails and telegrams without permission shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years or criminal detention.
Whoever commits the crime of stealing property mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be convicted and given a heavier punishment in accordance with the provisions of Article 264 of this Law.
Whoever, in violation of the relevant provisions of the state, sells or provides personal information of citizens to others, if the circumstances are serious, 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.