Protection For The Right Of Privacy In Cyberspace

Right of privacy is going to become a fundamental right, which is admitted and protected by international society and laws of different countries. The degrees of protection for. this right reflect the condition of human right and degree of social civilization in different countries form one aspect. With the Internet and information technology developing, the existence of cyberspace has not been neglected as a kind of society form. Now the privacy of the Internet users is becoming a big problem, the protection system for the right of privacy in Internet has not adapted the developing of cyberspace. From the point of view of economy, it has a positive effect on the economic interest of the whole society to take some necessary protective measures on individual information; form the point of view of value tendency for the protection of privacy, protection for the privacy of information is to achieve the aim that vindicates the fundamental dignity of individuals and identification with independence and identity of individuals as well.This paper is divided into three parts, and it expounds the definition of right of privacy and right of information privacy, analyses the necessity of protection for the right of information privacy in cyberspace and the protection system for the right of information privacy in international society, and the status quo of protection for the right of information privacy in China.And finally it offers several proposals for protection for the right of information privacy in our country.Part I summarizes that the concept of privacy and the right of privacy, the valuebasis of the right of privacy, and the necessity of protection for the right of information privacy in cyberspace. It is not only necessary but also exigent to protect the right of information privacy in cyberspace, because the excessively loose or unsuitable measures on the protection for the right of individual information may bring negative effect far beyond the anticipation.Part II analyses the protection system for the right of information privacy in international society. It introduces the existing conditions of laws that protect the right of privacy in different countries, and analyses the protection system for the right of information privacy in EU, U.S.A, and in several other countries as well. The protection system for the right of information privacy in EU emphasize particularly on legislative protection, but the protection system in U.S.A emphasize particularly on industry self-discipline, both have their own deficiency and weakness.Part III focuses on the legal protection for the right of information privacy in our country, discusses the status quo of tort on information privacy in Internet, and offers proposals for protection of the right of information privacy in our country. As the consciousness to protect privacy is still dim, and the legal system on protection for the right of privacy is still not perfect, so the legal protection for the right of information privacy in our country, first refers to improve the legislative protection for the right of privacy, at the same time advances the level of industry self-discipline and consolidates the control on Internet.