Is it illegal to monitor hotels?

Legal analysis: It is undoubtedly an illegal act to install a camera and take pictures of others without permission. There are three follow-up situations for common sneak shots:

First, it is purely to peek into other people's lives and satisfy personal curiosity. As long as the actor takes a candid photo, it has violated the privacy right of others, and the victim can sue the actor in court and ask him to bear the responsibility.

The second is to coerce the victim to extort property. For the purpose of illegal possession, if the perpetrator uses the candid video to intimidate, threaten or coerce the victim and illegally occupies the victim's property, his behavior is suspected of constituting the crime of extortion.

The third is to spread the victim's private life. If the perpetrator secretly filmed the private sexual life of the victim's house and spread the video through the Internet, the perpetrator was suspected of spreading obscene articles. If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than two years, criminal detention or public surveillance. Whoever disseminates obscene articles to minors under the age of 18 shall be given a heavier punishment.

If the actor spreads video for profit, he is suspected of committing the crime of spreading obscene articles for profit, and can be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or control, and fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law on Public Security Administration Punishment, anyone who peeks, takes a sneak shot, eavesdrops or spreads others' privacy shall be detained for less than 5 days or fined for less than 500 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than 5 days 10 days, and may also be fined up to 500 yuan.