中國大陸消費者個人資訊保護研究

Study of Legal Protection of Consumers’ Personal Information in Mainland China

本文作者首先透過法律文本梳理的方式對中國大陸現有消費者個人資訊保護法律規定進行梳理和解讀；以民事與刑事司法判決、行政執法為重點，討論當前中國大陸消費者個人資訊保護的實踐狀況；最後，從法律保護與意識構建兩個角度，提出經營者與消費者利益衡量、消費者多元保護、全社會個人資訊保護意識提升等三個中國大陸消費者個人資訊保護的制度構建建議。

The development of information technology and information society has resulted in the necessity of legal protection of personal information. This article focuses on legal protection of personal information of consumers in Mainland China. Firstly, this article starts with analysis of current legislations, including discussions of legislative definitions and legislative backgrounds. Then, this article analyses practices of such legal protections by introducing relevant judicial decisions and administrative enforcement status. Furthermore, this article points out deficiencies of such legal protection, viewed from law making and law enforcement point. In the end, this article ends with suggestions about expectant improvements of such legal protection in Mainland China, including a new interest balancing between business operators and consumers, multiple protection mechanism for consumers, and public awareness of such protection.