How to be sentenced for secretly installing surveillance cameras

The sentences for covert surveillance are as follows depending on the circumstances:

1. The purpose is to steal citizens’ personal information, and if the circumstances are serious, the crime of illegally obtaining citizens’ personal information may be punished with a three-year sentence. 2. If the circumstances are particularly serious, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

What constitutes the crime of infringing on citizens’ personal information

The crime of infringing on citizens’ personal information consists of the following elements:

1. The criminal subject is a general subject;

2. The subjective aspect consists of intentionality;

3. The object of the crime is the security of citizens’ personal identity information and the order of citizen identity management;

4. The objective aspect is represented by Theft, bribery and other methods are used to collect citizens’ personal information, which is a serious act.

Legal basis: Article 253-1 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

The crime of infringement of citizens' personal information violates relevant national regulations, sells or sells to others, or Anyone who provides citizens' personal information, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and may also be fined; if the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and shall also be fined.

Anyone who violates relevant national regulations by selling or providing personal information of citizens obtained in the course of performing duties or providing services to others shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Anyone who steals or illegally obtains citizens’ personal information through other methods shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.

If a unit commits the crimes in the first three paragraphs, the unit shall be fined, and the person directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the respective paragraphs.