政府与网络隐私权保护

Government and Protection of the Right of Privacy in Network Age

保护公民的隐私权,是国家保护人权、维护公民尊严的措施。互联网的存在使信息的收集、处理和传播极为方便,但使个人隐私遭到前所未有的威胁。一方面,政府是网络隐私权的保护者;另一方面,政府往往成为潜在的最大的网络隐私侵权人。政府对于网络隐私权的保护应当遵守有限保护原则、合理干预原则、公开原则与参与原则。

The government is expected to protect its citizen＇ s right of privacy. Internct makes the collection, processing and transmission of information more convenient, yet it poses a serious threat to individual privacy. On the one hand, the government should be a protector of privacy in cyberspace; on the other, the government often appears as the biggest potential violator of privacy in cyberspace. The government should observe several principles in protecting privacy in cyberspace, which arc the principles of limited protection, of proper intervention,of publicity, and of participation.