With the promulgation and implementation of the Civil Code andthe Personal Information Protection Law, the relationship between privacyand personal information rights and interests needs to be clarified, and howto correctly apply privacy rules and personal information protection rules hasbecome an unavoidable and important issue in today’s society. On the basis ofclarifying the relationship between privacy and personal information rights,this paper examines the differentiated protection of privacy and personalinformation rights and interests in China’s legislation through comparative lawresearch, and then analyzes the specific content and differences between privacyrules and personal information protection rules from the perspective of themacro personal information protection system constructed by the Civil Codeand the Personal Information Protection Law, and explores the applicationpath of the above two rules, in order to provide reference and guidance for legaltheory and practice.