1, Public Security Administration Punishment Law
Article 42 Whoever commits one of the following acts shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:
(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;
(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;
(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;
(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;
(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;
(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.
The sixth paragraph clearly points out that spreading the privacy of others violates Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment.
2. Article 253rd 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.
Extended data:
The Criminal Procedure Law, the Civil Procedure Law and other laws all provide provisions to protect privacy. 1979 criminal procedure law and 1982 civil procedure law stipulate that cases involving privacy (privacy) are not heard in public, which is also the protection of privacy. The two newly revised laws also emphasize this principle.
In addition, on February 23rd, 2002, 65438+ Draft of People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code, the first civil code of New China, was submitted to the 31st session of the 9th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) for first consideration.
In the draft, it is also mentioned that natural persons have the right to privacy, that is:
1. Privacy includes private information, private activities and private space.
2. It is forbidden to invade the privacy of others by means of voyeurism, eavesdropping, spying and disclosure.
3. The natural person's residence is not disturbed. The peace of life of natural persons is protected by law.
4. The communication secrets of natural persons and legal persons are protected by law. It is forbidden to violate the communication secrets of natural persons or legal persons by opening other people's letters.
5. The collection, storage and publication of private information involving natural persons shall obtain the consent of the parties concerned, except as otherwise provided by law.
Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC) and China Criminal Law