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Privacy protection under Civil Code of China

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Article 1033 of Civil Code of China provides protection on privacies as follows:

Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly consented to by the right holder, no organization or individual shall do the following acts:
 
(1) intruding upon another person’s private life through making phone calls, sending text messages, using instant messaging tools, sending emails and flyers, and the like means;
 
(2) entering into, taking photographs of, or peeping into other’s private spaces such as the residence or hotel room of another person;
 
(3) taking photographs of, peeping into, eavesdropping, or disclosing the private activities of another person;
 
(4) taking photographs of or peeping at the private parts of another person’s body;
 
(5) processing another person’s private information; and
 
(6) infringing upon another person’s privacy through other means.