Is it legal for the police to check the hotel records of acquaintances casually?

Legal analysis: It depends on whether the police check the hotel records for others. If it is necessary for handling a case, it is legal. It is illegal for the police to inquire about other people's personal privacy without filing a case. In our country, the law strictly protects the personal information security of citizens, and there is no legal reason. However, if a case is involved, it is legal for the police to conduct corresponding investigations when performing official duties.

Legal basis: Article 5 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Infringement on Citizens' Personal Information shall be deemed as "serious circumstances" as stipulated in Article 253-1 of the Criminal Law in any of the following circumstances:

(1) Selling or providing information such as whereabouts and tracks for others to use in committing crimes;

(two) knowing or should know that others use citizens' personal information to commit crimes and sell or provide them;

(3) illegally obtaining, selling or providing more than 50 pieces of track information, communication content, credit information and property information;

(4) Illegally obtaining, selling or providing more than 500 pieces of citizens' personal information, such as accommodation information, communication records, health and physiological information and transaction information, which may affect personal and property safety;

(5) illegally obtaining, selling or providing more than 5,000 pieces of personal information of citizens other than items (3) and (4);

(six) the quantity does not meet the standards stipulated in items 3 to 5, but it reaches the relevant quantitative standards of the corresponding proportion;

(seven) the illegal income of more than five thousand yuan;

(8) Selling or providing citizens' personal information obtained in the course of performing their duties or providing services to others, with the quantity or amount reaching more than half of the standards specified in Items (3) to (7);

(9) Having been subjected to criminal punishment or administrative punishment within two years for illegally obtaining, selling or providing personal information of citizens due to infringement of their personal information;

(10) Other serious circumstances.