Is it illegal to install cameras in hotel rooms?

Legal analysis: illegal. Anyone who installs a camera in a hotel room, peeks, takes candid photos, eavesdrops or spreads others' privacy in violation of regulations, 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. Infringement of others' privacy is generally an infringement. If it has not caused certain consequences, the infringer shall be liable for compensation, including compensation for mental damage, which does not constitute criminal responsibility. However, it cannot be said that any act that infringes on the privacy of others does not constitute a crime, and there is no need to sentence the perpetrator.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and may also be fined not more than 500 yuan: (1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means; (2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others; (3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment; (4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives; (5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others; (six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.