On The Legislative Protection For Privacy Of Personal Information In Internet

Personal information in cyberspace refers to the information that is made, disseminated, used and processed by digital media such as computer and network. It includes name, birthday, ID card number, character, fingerprint, marriage, family, educational background, health condition, medical records, financial situation and other social activity information that can identify an individual. Privacy of personal information in internet is the right that one controls his or her personal information in forms of data and symbols stored in cyberspace, and also eliminates the illegal disturbance. What distinguishes the privacy of personal information in internet from the right of privacy, really lies in the former's traits and specific connotation, whose core is the dominant control of the personal information characterized by the composite of personal right and property right.However, it is undeniably pressing that the law and legislation are supposed to protect the citizen's personal information, especially when we learn the high percentage of the cases involving the violation of such privacy in the current judicial practice. Much worse is that the related law and regulations comparatively lag far behind while the diversifications both in the subjects and the forms of the infringement of the personal information go further.In terms of improving our legislative protection for the privacy of personal information in internet,the value of those personal information has to be clarified first. The positive adoption of the overseas advanced protective methods and experience should also be taken into account, when measured with that of our country on the issue of legislative pattern, such as the America's mode of industry discipline and the Europe's mode of legislative regulation. In accordance with the law and industrial regulations, we should set up a rigorous protective system for the privacy of personal information in internet by means of regulating the safeguard of personal information within the civil law, personal information protection law and other related laws and regulations.