隐私(privacy)是个道德概念“,隐私权”则是法律概念。从道德上不去侵犯别人的隐私到从法律上确定隐私权并给予保护,这是一个质的飞跃。在西方历史上,对个人隐私的保护可以追溯到中世纪。早在14世纪,英国的法律已经明文规定“偷听”是一项罪名,可以依法被起诉。以后随着资本主 Privacy is a moral concept. “Privacy” is a concept of law. It is a qualitative leap from a moral not to infringe the privacy of others to the legal protection of privacy. In Western history, the protection of personal privacy can be traced back to the Middle Ages. As early as the fourteenth century, English law had expressly provided that “overhearing” was a charge that it could be prosecuted according to law. After the capital master