网络公共场所私密信息的界定与司法保护

The Definition and Judicial Protection of Private Information in Network Public Places

摘要: 在互联网时代，物理空间的隐私侵权问题逐渐延伸到网络空间，随着对传统上“公共场所无隐私”理论的打破，网络公共场所隐私的界定也逐渐为学界所关注。在《民法典》将个人信息权益和隐私权两者区分的二元保护路径下，作为交叉地带的私密信息适用隐私权规则保护，这也引起司法实践中对私密信息的界定和保护难题。“场景一致理论”在承认信息流动中风险存在的前提下，采用独特的风险评估方法对个人信息流动每个阶段的隐私进行预测。立足在网络环境中场景不断变化的情况下，尽可能降低信息流动中造成的隐私风险。

Abstract: In the Internet era, the issue of privacy infringement in physical space has gradually extended to cyberspace. With the breaking of the traditional theory of “no privacy in public places,” the definition of privacy in online public places has gradually attracted the attention of the academic community. Under the dual protection path of the Civil Code that distinguishes the rights and interests of personal information from the right to privacy, the privacy rules are applied to the protection of private information as a cross-zone, which also causes the definition and protection of private information in judicial practice. On the premise of acknowledging the existence of risks in information flow, the “Contextual Integrity” uses a unique risk assessment method to predict the privacy of each stage of personal information flow. Based on the changing scene in the network environment, the privacy risk caused by information flow should be reduced as much as possible.