About Peek-a-boo

With the increasing functionality of search engines and the growing popularity of blogs and forums, the free and open Internet has become the largest distribution center for personal information and the best place to peek at one's privacy. For online voyeurism, Tianya community fashion information version of the moderator of the spring water Iren that many people are not clear about its moral and legal margins where. She said, in the forum there are some netizens, they rarely online, in silence, focusing on the story of what happened to others, which is also considered a kind of voyeurism, but their behavior does not have a negative impact on others; and some people use unethical means to steal other people's privacy, and even spread it on the Internet, but whether this behavior is against the law, many people are not very clear. As for the construction of network morality and law in the age of interconnection, Guo Xinghua, professor of sociology at Renmin University of China, believes: "Attaching importance to personal privacy is a feature of modern society, but with the development of communication technology and the Internet, the difficulty of protecting personal privacy has also increased. Although the Internet has expanded the scope of people's communication, the interaction between people tends to be superficial. The distance created by this invisibility makes the voyeuristic desire of some people stimulated and infinitely expanded." According to Prof. Guo, the key to solving the problem is still to strengthen the punishment for voyeurism that harms others in the judiciary. However, at present, China's laws have not made clear provisions on the right to privacy. Associate Professor Yao Huanqing from the School of Law of Renmin University of China believes that it is necessary to legislate on the protection of personal data and information. Yao Huanqing said, "China should make it clear in the law that personal data, as a part of privacy, shall not be spied on, collected, or utilized without the consent of the person." According to Prof. Yao Huanqing, the U.S. law stipulates that personal data can be used publicly as long as the person does not explicitly object to it; while the EU law stipulates that personal data cannot be used publicly as long as the person does not explicitly agree to it. Influenced by China's legal system and civil law tradition, domestic judicial practice has always adopted the judgment standard of EU law, so the relevant legislation should also be consistent with it. Regarding the "gray area" between law and morality, Prof. Yao further pointed out that "any concept has unclear connotations and extensions, and the law can only regulate part of it, not all of it. For example, if some data is not regarded as private, but after disclosure, it has a certain negative impact on individuals, and such behavior can only be morally condemned." Prof. Yao said, "After all, the law is what keeps one from being a bad person, and morality is what makes one a good person." So, if one's privacy is infringed upon through virtual space, how should the victim safeguard his or her legal rights and interests? According to Associate Professor Yao Huanqing, the right to privacy belongs to personality rights in nature, and it is generally difficult to prove the economic loss caused by the invasion of privacy, although it is possible to claim compensation for moral damage. As long as the victim has sufficient evidence, it is entirely possible to invade and publish privacy content of the network company to court, with the law to seek justice.