Can the Public Security Bureau check the hotel registration records at will?

Legal analysis: Hotel registration information belongs to personal privacy, and public security organs cannot check it at will. No individual or institution has the right to obtain it without legal authorization. Videos of individuals staying in hotels, etc. , involving personal privacy, without legal authorization, legitimate reasons and legal procedures, no individual or unit has the right to access. Public security organs, procuratorial organs or people's courts can obtain it according to law for the purpose of criminal investigation, or for the purpose of investigating illegal acts, or for the purpose of finding out the case, with the approval of legal procedures. The right to privacy refers to a kind of personality right that the private life and private information secrets enjoyed by natural persons are protected according to law and are not illegally violated, known, collected, used and made public by others. Moreover, the subject of rights has the right to decide to what extent others can interfere in their private lives, whether their privacy is open to others, and the scope and extent of disclosure.

Legal basis: Article 38 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC). The personal dignity of People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens is inviolable.

Article 1032 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that natural persons have the right to privacy. No organization or individual may infringe upon the privacy rights of others by spying, harassing, exposing or making public. Privacy is the private space, private activities and private information that natural people live in peace and don't want to be known by others.