電商平臺對用戶隱私數據承擔的法律責任界定——以合同說、信托說為視角

Defining the Legal Responsibility of the E-commerce Platforms to Users–From the Perspective of Contract Theory and Trust Theory

隨著歐盟等國際市場將隱私數據法律保護列為市場准入的必要條件，提升中國電子商務用戶隱私數據的法律監管能力，成為了推進我國電子商務國際化發展的硬性要求。本文擬以電子商務平臺對用戶隱私數據承擔的法律責任性質為主線，在現行的法律框架內，適用《中華人民共和國合同法》與《中華人民共和國信托法》定性電子商務平臺與用戶關於隱私數據形成的法律關係性質，討論合同說與信托說的可行性及其對提升我國隱私數據法律保護水平的影響，為我國提供一種可迅速付諸實踐的法律監管新思路。

As major international market like EU start taking data protection as an essential prerequisite for entering their market, China is facing the urgent need of improving legal supervision over personal data to promote Chinese E-commerce platforms internationally. This article explores the possibility of defining the relationship between E-commerce platforms and their clients over data protection under contract law or fiduciary duty regulations of the People's Republic of China. Analyzing the influence such application would bring over data protection and privacy protection provide an alternative way to accelerate and reinforce legal supervision within the existing legal framework.