Is it illegal or criminal to pry into privacy?

It is illegal to pry into privacy. 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. Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly agreed by the obligee, no organization or individual may commit the following acts:

(a) by telephone, SMS, instant messaging tools, e-mail, leaflets, etc. Disturb the private life of others;

(2) Entering, taking photos or peeping into other people's private spaces such as houses and hotel rooms;

(3) Shooting, peeping, eavesdropping or revealing other people's private activities;

(4) Shooting or peeping at the private parts of others' bodies;

(5) handling other people's private information;

(6) Infringe upon the privacy of others in other ways.

It is illegal to pry into privacy. According to the laws of China, 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 stipulated by law refers to the quiet private life of natural persons and private space, private activities and private information that others don't want to know.

The characteristics of this illegal act are: first, the object of the act must be to make others private. The so-called privacy refers to personal privacy that people don't want to know, such as sexual relations and childbirth. Once privacy is made public, it will

It will bring psychological pressure and distress to the parties. Second, the actor must take voyeuristic, candid camera, eavesdropping, communication and other means. In daily life, there are countless examples of infringing on others' privacy in the form of sneak shots and voyeurism. The most common example is that some "paparazzi" secretly photographed the private lives of stars. In view of the prevalence of sneak shots, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong has begun to discuss making it a criminal offence to sneak shots and spread others' privacy. However, according to the current laws and regulations in the Mainland, the heaviest punishment for stealing photos and infringing others' privacy is public security detention.

I hope the above content can help you. Please consult a professional lawyer if you have any other questions.

Legal basis: Article 1032 of the Civil Code.

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.