随着社会经济的发展,隐私权作为公民的一项基本权利,其涵盖的内容逐步扩张,涉及范围逐步扩大。然而法律对隐私权的重视并非意味着该权利的行使是无限的,隐私权具有可限制性,法律需要从维护公共利益的角度对隐私权的保护作出必要的限制。因此对公共利益的法律解读成为关键的理论问题。世界各国的国内立法及国际公约常基于公共利益的衡量对隐私权做出一定的限制,但这种限制必须遵循价值衡量原则、公共利益优先原则、合法性原则和非任意性原则,避免对隐私权的随意限制或侵害。 With the development of society and economy, as a fundamental right of citizens, the content of privacy is gradually expanded and the scope of its coverage is gradually expanded. However, the law’s emphasis on the right of privacy does not mean that the exercise of the right is unlimited, and the right of privacy is restrictive. The law needs to make the necessary restriction on the protection of the right of privacy from the perspective of safeguarding the public interest. Therefore, the legal interpretation of the public interest has become a key theoretical issue. Domestic legislations and international conventions in various countries of the world often impose certain restrictions on the right to privacy based on public interest, but such restrictions must follow the principle of value measurement, the principle of priority of public interest, the principle of legality and the principle of non-arbitration, and avoid privacy The arbitrary restriction or infringement of the right.