Legal Protection Of The Right To Privacy In Internet

Internet has become increasingly important in social life in the digital era.Its openness and fast transmission have made internet not only an important source of information,but also a platform on which information of all kinds can be exchanged and spread.However,most people,driven by political competition and economic interests,failed to realize how network technology spies out to obtain the information that we spread on line and infringes our privacy little by little.Therefore,protection of the right to privacy in Internet has been one of our major concerns within the context of building a safer and perfect system in which the research on the right to privacy covers a variety of subjects such as cultural traditions,social structure,philosophical thinking and other factors,and the complexity of changing abstract ideas into concrete legal system as well.However, currently the situation in the infringement of the right to privacy in Internet compels us to probe into the legal right to privacy in Internet.The vigorous development of network technology and its extensive application mark the coming of the network era.Internet has transformed people's traditional way of survival and life,posed new challenges to the protection of the right to privacy.Currently,the international community hasn't agreed on the measures taken to protect the right to privacy in Internet.Special legislation has been drawn up to protect the right to privacy in Internet up to now. Therefore,it is of great significance to study the protection system of the right to privacy in Internet in an effort to make and perfect the legislation of the right to privacy in Internet.In this thesis,the author gives an introduction of the basic theory about the right to privacy in Internet and the infringement of it,and analyzes the legal protection of legislation in China and foreign countries. Finally,it gives suggestions to the legislation in China.This thesis can be divided into three parts except introduction and conclusion:Part One illustrates the right of privacy and the concept,features and content of the right to privacy in Internet,analyzes the component elements and attributing principles of the infringement of the right to privacy in Internet,cites concretely various acts of infringement of the right to privacy in Internet,and gives a thorough analysis to means and manifestation.This part mainly introduces the right to privacy in Internet and the infringement of it on the whole.Part Two firstly investigates the current situation of the right to privacy in Internet and the legal protection of it,puts emphasis on deficiencies of legislation of the right to privacy in civil law and then introduces the currently related protection patterns taken by the countries and areas by focusing on the two protection patterns in the protection of the right to privacy:industry self-discipline pattern and legislation pattern through the analysis of the specific expression of the infringement of the right to privacy in Internet in America and European Union.Part Three gives some proposals to the legislation in China including the basic principles in legislation and other concrete problems and puts forward concrete ideas to the protection of the right to privacy in Internet in China on the basis of it.