反不正当竞争法视域下的个人信息保护路径探索

The Ways of Personal Information Protection in the Law Against Unfair Competition

竞争法必须随着市场环境的变化与时俱进,个人信息保护呼唤竞争法适时作出改变。反不正当竞争法不仅追求经济效率与公平竞争环境,而且完全有能力去寻求消费者福利和社会利益目标。在个人信息保护直接救济路径存在缺陷的情况下,反不正当竞争法可以发挥重要作用,在最大限度地利用信息驱动经济的同时,降低其风险。随着越来越多经营者收集和利用个人信息作商业用途,将持续引发法律问题,个人信息保护作为竞争法和数据相关立法的交叉点,能够发挥两部法律协同作用的潜力,并突出反不正当竞争法对个人信息虽间接但独特、有效的救济,包括发挥行政与司法双重作用,解决民事诉讼中的困难和在判例中总结竞争规则等。

The Competition Law must keep pace with the changes of market environment,the protection of personal information calls it to make timely reforms.The Law against Unfair Competition not only pursues economic efficiency and fair competition environment,but also has the capability to seek consumer welfare and protect social interests.In the case of defects in the direct remedy path of personal information protection,the Law against Unfair Competition is competent to play a significant role in maximizing the use of information to drive the economy while reducing its risks.As more and more market operators collect and use personal information for commercial purposes,legal issues will continue to arise.Personal information protection is the intersection of competition law and the data-related legislation,which can realize the potential of these two kinds of legal synergy,as well as highlights the Law against Unfair Competition's indirect but unique and effective remedies towards personal information.These remedies include playing the dual roles of administration and justice,solving the difficulties in civil litigation and summarizing competition rules,etc.