It is illegal.
Personal privacy is a basic personal right supported by many legal systems. It refers to a kind of personality right in which the peace of private life and the confidentiality of private information enjoyed by natural persons are protected in accordance with the law from illegal intrusion, knowledge, collection, use and disclosure by others, and the extent to which the subject of the right can interfere with others in his or her private life, Have the right to decide whether to disclose privacy to others and the scope and extent of disclosure.
According to Article 2 of the Tort Liability Law: Anyone who infringes upon civil rights and interests shall bear tort liability in accordance with this law.
The civil rights and interests referred to in this law include the right to life, health, name, reputation, honor, portrait, privacy, marital autonomy, guardianship, ownership, usufruct rights, and guarantees Personal and property rights such as property rights, copyrights, patent rights, trademark exclusive rights, discovery rights, equity rights, inheritance rights, etc.
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If the privacy of others is exposed through the Internet, causing serious consequences, the perpetrators can be held criminally responsible according to the crime of infringement of citizens' personal information in the criminal law.
According to Article 253-1 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China", the crime of infringement of citizens' personal information violates relevant national regulations and sells or provides citizens' personal information to others, and the circumstances are serious. The offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years, and shall also be fined. ?
Anyone who violates relevant national regulations by selling or providing personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing duties or providing services to others shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. ?
Anyone who steals or illegally obtains citizens’ personal information through other methods shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1. ?
If a unit commits the crimes in the preceding three paragraphs, the unit shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the respective paragraphs.