The Civil Liability Of Internet Privacy Infringement

Internet privacy is the natural right of that personal information and private network activity is not illegal informed, collect, copy, use by others and private networks and private life is not illegal interference by others on the internet. Compared with traditional privacy, internet privacy has the following new features: first, coverage of the object is increasing; second, the personal rights have composed with property rights and Personality right. Correspondingly, the internet also presents privacy infringement of the traditional privacy tort entirely different characteristics, tort uncertainty, and tort means of technical and covert, against the characteristics of the seriousness of the consequences. Thus, identifying and dealing with online privacy infringement should be designed for such violations of the new rules. Although the Internet privacy violations still apply the general tort liability of the Elements, but Elements, the need to address the characteristics of online privacy violations, to make precision of the identification.The main bodies of Internet privacy have two type, Internet users and Internet service provider. The responsibility of the network service providers identified on the network according to their Internet service provider's status and control, the lesson to different obligations, and not blindly to pursue the joint responsibility of Internet service providers. Otherwise, neither conducive to the healthy development of the network, but also lose justification for holding them accountable.Accountability in the way of network infringement, although the general form accountability infringement may apply, but should be based on the characteristics of Internet infringement, properly applicable to determine the different responsibilities Tort way, should the principle of consent and the principle of public interest criteria . The exemptions set on the disclaimer for the site, should not recognize its effectiveness.