The Criminal Law Protection of Personal Biometric Information in the Digital Economy
Personal biometric information refers to information that can identify a specific natural person based on human biometrics processed by specific technology,either alone or in combination with other information.It has characteristics of uniqueness,stability,easy collection,and specific technology processing.The misuse of personal biometric information may infringe upon the legal interests of persons,property and even social order and national security.The current criminal legislation has problems such as unclear positioning of personal biometric information,incomplete regulatory processes,and poor articulation between execution and punishment and so on.Therefore,it is necessary to establish a progressive and comprehensive legislative model,with prevention as the orientation,to clarify the definition and classification of personal biometric information,and improve regulatory processes through criminal law hermeneutics to realize the special protection of personal biometric information.
digital economypersonal informationbiometric informationinformation securitycriminal law regulation