公共场所隐私权的悖论

"公共场所隐私权"是个悖论式的问题。实践中,西方国家已经承认了公共场所隐私权的合法性。隐私权保护重心从"场所"到"人"的转变,以及由此产生的"合理隐私预期"是公共场所隐私权的法律依据,然而,"合理隐私预期"至今仍然缺乏明确的标准和法理依据,这根源于对"公共场所"之"公共性"的误解。"公共场所"大都是公、私混合的"社会场所"。这不仅决定了"公共场所隐私权"的正当性,也决定了对公共场所隐私权进行保护必须突破僵化的公私法分立格局。

Paradox of Right of Privacy in Public Places

"Right of privacy in public places" is a paradox.Indeed,the legitimacy of right of privacy in public places is already admitted in practice in western counties."Reasonable expectation of privacy," resulting from transformation of the protective target of right privacy from "place" to "man," serves as the legal foundation of the right of privacy in public places.However,the reason why as of "reasonable expectation of privacy" has not yet specific criteria or jurisprudential basis lies in misunderstanding of the nature of "publicity" of public places.Public places tend to be a mixture of public and privacy elements,i.e.a "social place." Such a conclusion not only justifies the right of privacy in public places,but also speaks aloud that we should get rid of the rigid separation of public law and private law.