Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 111 The personal information of natural persons shall be protected by law. Any organization or individual who needs to obtain other people's personal information shall obtain and ensure the information security according to law, and shall not illegally collect, use, process or transmit other people's personal information, or illegally buy, sell, provide or disclose other people's personal information.
Article 1039 State organs, statutory bodies undertaking administrative functions and their staff shall keep the privacy and personal information of natural persons known in the course of performing their duties confidential, and shall not disclose or illegally provide it to others.