我国个人电子密码的法律保护研究

On the legal protection of personal electronic code in China

个人电子密码是信息安全的重要组成部分,涉及个人隐私保护,对保障交易安全具有重大意义。分析个人电子密码的法律性质和功能,结合我国对个人电子密码保护的现状,借鉴发达国家电子密码保护的相关经验,提出个人电子密码的保护建议:我国应加快个人电子密码保护立法;加快密码的标准化和专利化步伐,建立统一的个人数据保护机构,提供维权、申诉等一站式服务;加强行业自律;对窃取、泄漏、传播密码等行为加大打击力度,从而保护公民的个人信息安全。

Personal electronic code is an important part of information security which involves personal privacy protection and is of great significance to transaction security. The author discusses the legal nature and functions of personal electronic code,analyzes the status quo in China and puts forward suggestions for the protection with consideration of relevant experience of developed countries. To protect citizens＇ personal information,China should speed up relevant personal electronic code protection legislation; speed up the pace of code standardization and patenting; establish unified personal data protection agencies to provide one-stop service of right protection and appeal filing; reinforce the self-discipline of businesses; and improve efforts to combat code stealing,leaking or dissemination.