Information Privacy & Data Security: California Resources

Most relevant sections are: "Consumer and Borrower Protection Laws > XII Restrictions on Disclosure of Information; Privacy Protections" and "Criminal Law: Miscellaneous Offenses > V Invasion of Privacy"

Most relevant sections are: "Chapter X. Constitutional Law > VIII Privacy" and "Chapter IX. Torts > V. Intentional Injuries to Reputation and Similar Interests > E. Invasion of Privacy"

A good discussion of several important California privacy law issues is in "Chapter 5 Part I. Employment Torts and Related Claims > L. Invasion of Privacy"

All types of privacy interests, including informational privacy, are addressed in "Chapter 4. Harm to Reputation and Privacy Interests"

Good discussion of several informational privacy and data security topics is contained in "Chapter 26 - Privacy and California's Antitrust Laws"

"Division 5 - Employee Privacy Rights" has several discussions of the informational privacy and data security rights of employees

"Chapter 46 - Invasion of Privacy" covers California's law on the many aspects of the right to privacy, with informational privacy and data security addressed particularly in "section 46.07 Miscellaneous Privacy Statutes"

Discussion of California's informational privacy and data security statutes is found in "Chapter 429 Privacy > Part III Research Guide > § 429.410 State Statutes"

This right was added to the Constitution in 1972 by way of a ballot measure.
A good source for a discussion of California's constitutional right to privacy is The California Constitution, 2d ed., KFC 680 1879.A6 G75 2016 (reference collection).

For background information on the passage of the 1972 ballot measure, see: J. Clark Kelso, California's Constitutional Right to Privacy, 19 Pepperdine L. Rev. 327 (1992).

Session law citation: Stats. 2018, c.55, § 3 (AB 375); Stats. 2018, c.735, § 2 (SB 1121)

Codified at: Civil Code §§ 1798.100 - 1789.199

In the findings section of AB 375, the legislature notes that there is a constitutional foundation for informational privacy in California: "Fundamental to this right of privacy is the ability of individuals to control the use, including the sale, of their personal information."

Session law citation: Stats. 2013, Ch. 336, § 1 (SB 568); amended by Stats.2018, c. 347 (A.B.3067)

Codified at: Business & Professions Code §§ 22580 - 22582

Session law citation: Stats.2003, c.829, § 3 (AB 68); Stats.2004, c.183, § 21 (AB 3082); Stats.2004, c.865, § 32 (SB 1914); Stats.2013, c.390, § 1 (AB 370)

Codified at: Business & Professions Code, §§ 22575 - 22579

Session law citation: Stats.2003, c.505, § 3 (SB 27); Stats.2004, c.183, § 34 (AB 3082); Stats.2005, c. 22, § 16 (SB 1108)

Codified at: Civil Code §§ 1798.83 - 1798.84

Session law citation: Stats.2015, c.651, § 1 (SB 178); Stats.2016, c.86, § 233 (SB 1171); Stats.2016, c.541, § 2 (SB 1121)

Codified at: Penal Code §§ 1546 - 1546.4

Session law citation: Stats.2002, c.1054, § 2 (AB 700); Stats.2007, c.699, § 4 (AB 1298); Stats.2011, c.197, § 1 (SB 24); Stats.2013, c.395, § 1 (AB 1149); Stats.2013, c.396, § 1.5 (SB 46); Stats.2015, c.522, § 1 (AB 964); Stats.2015, c.532, § 1 (SB 34); Stats.2015, c.543, § 1.3 (SB 570); Stats.2016, c.86, § 20 (SB 1171); Stats.2016, c.337, § 1 (AB 2828)

Codified at: Civil Code § 1798.299 (for agencies) and Civil Code § 1798.82 (for businesses) (California was the first state to pass a data breach notification law).

The former California Office of Privacy Protection issued "Recommended Practices on Notice of Security Breach Involving Personal Information," which can still be found on the Dept. of Consumer Affairs website: https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/formsandpubs/laws/
priv/Documents/PrivacyProtection.pdf

Session law citation: Stats. 2003, c.241, § 1 (SB 1); Stats. 2013, c.444, § 8. (SB 138); Stats. 2015, c.190, § 35. (AB 1517)

Codified at: Financial Code §§ 4050 - 4060

Session law citation: Stats.1977, c.709, § 1 (SB 170); Stats.1978, c.874, § 6; Stats.1985, c.595, § 12; Stats.1987, c.1453, § 3; Stats.2018, c.92, § 36 (SB 1289)

Codified at: Civil Code §§ 1798 - 1798.78

Session law citation: Stats.1981, c. 782, § 2 (SB 889); Stats.1999, c.526, § 9 (SB 19); Stats. 1999, c.527, § 4; Stats. 1999, c.766, § 1; Stats. 2000, c.278, § 2; Stats. 2000, c. 1066, § 1; Stats. 2002, c.853, § 3; Stats. 2003, c.562, § 4; Stats. 2004, c.183, § 24; Stats. 2006, c.538, § 39; Stats. 2006, c. 833, § 1; Stats. 2009, c.493, § 2 (AB 952); Stats. 2011, c.714, § 1 (SB 850); Stats. 2012, c.657, § 1 (SB 1407); Stats. 2013, c.444, § 2. (SB 138); Stats. 2014, c.71, § 14 (SB 1304); Stats. 2015, c.303, § 26 (AB 731); Stats. 2015, c.535, § 1 (SB 319); Stats. 2016, c.690, § 1 (AB 2119); Stats. 2018, c.389, § 8 (AB 2296); Stats. 2018, c.583, § 3 (AB 2402)

Codified at: Civil Code §§ 56 - 56.37

Session law citation: Stats. 2014, Ch. 839, Sec. 1. (SB 1177)

Codified at: Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 22584-22585

Because of inadequate staffing, the Attorney General's office pursues a relatively few enforcement actions each year, prompting calls for a "private right of action" to be added to the California Consumer Privacy Act.