Where a literary or ar s c work published by an actor does not depict a speci c person, but only some
pa erns of the story are similar to the situa on of such person, the actor shall not bear civil liability.
Ar cle 1028 Where a person of the civil law has evidence to prove that the content reported by a media,
such as a newspaper, a periodical, or an online website, is inaccurate and thus infringes upon his reputa on,
he has the right to request the media to take necessary measures including making correc on of or dele ng
the content in a mely manner.
Ar cle 1029 A person of the civil law may check his own credit report in accordance with law, and has the
right to raise an objec on and request correc on, dele on, or other necessary measures to be taken where
he discovers that the credit report is incorrect. The evaluators of his credit standing shall examine the report
and take necessary measures in a mely manner if it is veri ed to be false.
Ar cle 1030 The provisions of this Book on the protec on of personal informa on and the relevant
provisions of other laws and administra ve regula ons shall be applied to the rela onship between persons
of the civil law and the credit informa on processors such as a credit repor ng agency.
Ar cle 1031 A person of the civil law enjoys the right to honor. No organiza on or individual may unlawfully
deprive others of their honorary tles or defame or degrade the honors thereof.
Where an awarded honorary tle of a person of the civil law should have been recorded, the person may
request that it be so recorded. Where such an awarded honorary tle is incorrectly recorded, the person may
request that it be corrected.
Chapter VI Rights to Privacy and Protec on of Personal Informa on
Ar cle 1032 A natural person enjoys the right to privacy. No organiza on or individual may infringe upon the
other’s right to privacy by prying into, intruding upon, disclosing, or publicizing other’s private ma ers.
Privacy is the undisturbed private life of a natural person and his private space, private ac vi es, and private
informa on that he does not want to be known to others.
Ar cle 1033 Unless otherwise provided by law or expressly consented to by the right holder, no organiza on
or individual shall do the following acts:
(1) intruding upon another person’s private life through making phone calls, sending text messages, using
instant messaging tools, sending emails and yers, and the like means;
(2) entering into, taking photographs of, or peeping into other’s private spaces such as the residence or hotel
room of another person;
(3) taking photographs of, peeping into, eavesdropping, or disclosing the private ac vi es of another person;
(4) taking photographs of or peeping at the private parts of another person’s body;
(5) processing another person’s private informa on; and
(6) infringing upon another person’s privacy through other means.
Ar cle 1034 A natural person’s personal informa on is protected by law.
Personal informa on is the informa on recorded electronically or in other ways that can be used, by itself or
in combina on with other informa on, to iden fy a natural person, including the name, date of birth,
iden ca on number, biometric informa on, residen al address, telephone number, email address, health
informa on, whereabouts, and the like, of the person.
The provisions on the right to privacy, or, in the absence of which, the provisions on the protec on of
personal informa on, shall be applied to the private personal informa on.
Ar cle 1035 The processing of personal informa on shall be in compliance with the principles of lawfulness,
jus ca on, and within a necessary limit, and shall not be excessively processed; meanwhile, the following
condi ons shall be sa s ed:
(1) consent has been obtained from the natural person or his guardian, unless otherwise provided by laws or
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