隐私权强调权利主体对自己的个人信息和私人生活是否公开具有决定权,关乎每个人的切身利益,对公民隐私权的保护程度是衡量一个国家对公民人权保护程度的重要标准。伴随着公共场所的出现以及视频监控系统的逐步发展,公民的隐私权在公共场所遭受侵害的情形时有发生,隐私权的保护需求逐步从传统的私人领域进入公共场所。由于缺乏相应的理论依据和法律规范,使处于公共场所的公民隐私权遭到侵害时,无法得到相应救济。有些学者索性认为公民在公共场所不享有隐私权,认为公共利益至上,公民个人隐私权在公共场所理应让位于公共权力。公民在公共场所是否享有隐私权,是否应当予以保护,如何进行保护,对隐私权的理论研究和公民人权的保护都具有重要意义。 Privacy rights Emphasize that rights holders have the right to decide whether their own personal information and private life are open or not, which is related to the immediate interests of every individual. The degree of protection of citizens ’right to privacy is an important measure of a country’s protection of citizens’ human rights. With the advent of public places and the gradual development of video surveillance systems, the privacy of citizens has been infringed upon in public places from time to time. The protection of privacy right has gradually entered the public places from the traditional private fields. Due to the lack of corresponding theoretical basis and legal norms, citizens’ privacy rights in public places can not be remedied when they are violated. Some scholars simply think that citizens do not enjoy the right to privacy in public places, that the public interest comes first, and that the personal privacy of citizens should give way to public power in public places. Whether citizens have the right of privacy in public places, whether they should be protected or not, how to carry out the protection, the theoretical research of privacy and the protection of citizens’ human rights are of great significance.