the right to privacy refers to a kind of personality right that citizens enjoy the peace of private life, and their private information is protected according to law, and they will not be illegally harassed, informed, collected, used and made public by others. The right to privacy gives the obligee the right to control private life, including the right to prevent others from stealing personal privacy and the right to decide whether to disclose privacy and the scope of disclosure to others. The common types of privacy right include personal life freedom right, information secret right, personal communication secret right and personal privacy utilization right.
1. the right to personal freedom: the right subject engages in or does not engage in certain activities unrelated to the public interest, and is not subject to interference, destruction or domination by others.
2. Right of information confidentiality: personal life information, including all personal information and materials. Such as height, weight, female measurements, medical records, physical defects, health status, life experience, property status, marriage, family, social relations, hobbies, beliefs, psychological characteristics and so on. The right subject has the right to prohibit others from illegally using personal life information, for example, not peeking into the secret parts of citizens' bodies, diaries and so on. , and without the consent of others, shall not be forced to disclose their property status, social relations and other private matters not known to the outside world.
3. Privacy of personal communication: The obligee has the right to keep personal letters, telegrams, telephones, faxes and conversations confidential, and it is forbidden for others to eavesdrop or steal them illegally. The development of privacy system is closely related to the development of modern communication. With the rapid development of information processing and transmission technology, the content of personal communication is easy to be eavesdropped or stolen. Therefore, ensuring the security of personal communication has become an important content of privacy.
4. Right to use personal privacy: The right subject has the right to use his privacy according to his will in order to engage in various activities to meet his own needs. For example, writing an autobiography with personal life information, painting or photographing with your own image or body, etc. These activities cannot be illegally interfered, but the use of privacy must not violate the mandatory provisions of the law, and must not violate public order and good customs, that is, rights must not be abused. For example, using one's private parts to make obscene articles should be considered as illegal use of privacy, which constitutes an illegal act.
Legal basis:
Article 132 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public. Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.