There are three major misunderstandings in the current legislation and academic views on the criminal protec-tion of citizens'personal information:first,it is believed that all citizens'personal information are the objects of criminal protec-tion;the second is to interpret the main goal of the criminal law to protect citizens'personal information as protecting the rights carried by personal information;third,it advocates that sensitive personal information should not be protected at different lev-els.In fact,only sensitive personal information should be included in the adjustment of criminal law,because the extension of citizens'personal information is very broad,and the scope of protection of criminal law needs to be compressed,and only sensi-tive personal information is worthy of being protected by criminal law.The main goal of the criminal law to protect citizens'personal information is not to protect citizens'personal information rights,but to protect the personal rights and property rights associated with it.This is the intention of the relevant normative documents,and also the proper interpretation of the status changes of citizens'personal information in the criminal law.In addition,it is not advisable to cancel the hierarchical protection of sensitive personal information,because the potential risk level of sensitive personal information varies greatly,and differenti-al protection is required.
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