1798.100. - (a) A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal information disclose to1798.105. - (a) A consumer shall have the right to request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which1798.110. - (a) A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose1798.115. - (a) A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or that1798.120. - (a) A consumer shall have the right, at any time, to direct a business that sells personal information about the1798.125. - (a) (1) A business shall not discriminate against a consumer because the consumer exercised any of the consumer’s rights under1798.130. - (a) In order to comply with Sections 1798.100, 1798.105, 1798.110, 1798.115, and 1798.125, in a form that is reasonably accessible1798.135. - (a) A business that is required to comply with Section 1798.120 shall, in a form that is reasonably accessible to1798.140. - For purposes of this title:1798.145. - (a) The obligations imposed on businesses by this title shall not restrict a business’s ability to:1798.150. - (a) (1) Any consumer whose nonencrypted or nonredacted personal information, as defined in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision1798.155. - Any business or third party may seek the opinion of the Attorney General for guidance on how to comply with1798.160. - (a) A special fund to be known as the “Consumer Privacy Fund” is hereby created within the General Fund in1798.175. - This title is intended to further the constitutional right of privacy and to supplement existing laws relating to consumers’ personal1798.180. - This title is a matter of statewide concern and supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws1798.185. - (a) On or before January 1, 2020, the Attorney General shall solicit broad public participation to adopt regulations to further1798.190. - If a series of steps or transactions were component parts of a single transaction intended from the beginning to be1798.192. - Any provision of a contract or agreement of any kind that purports to waive or limit in any way a1798.194. - This title shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.1798.196. - This title is intended to supplement federal and state law, if permissible, but shall not apply if such application is1798.198. - (a) Subject to limitation provided in subdivision (b), this title shall be operative January 1, 2020.

CHAPTER 55

Date Published: 06/29/2018 04:00 AM


Assembly Bill No. 375
CHAPTER 55


An act to add Title 1.81.5 (commencing with Section 1798.100) to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy.

[ Approved by Governor June 28, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State June 28, 2018. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSELʹS DIGEST
AB 375, Chau. Privacy: personal information: businesses.

The California Constitution grants a right of privacy. Existing law provides for the confidentiality of personal information in various contexts and requires a business or person that suffers a breach of security of computerized data that includes personal information, as defined, to disclose that breach, as specified.

This bill would enact the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Beginning January 1, 2020, the bill would grant a consumer a right to request a business to disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information that it collects about the consumer, the categories of sources from which that information is collected, the business purposes for collecting or selling the information, and the categories of 3rd parties with which the information is shared. The bill would require a business to make disclosures about the information and the purposes for which it is used. The bill would grant a consumer the right to request deletion of personal information and would require the business to delete upon receipt of a verified request, as specified. The bill would grant a consumer a right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or discloses it for a business purpose, disclose the categories of information that it collects and categories of information and the identity of 3rd parties to which the information was sold or disclosed. The bill would require a business to provide this information in response to a verifiable consumer request. The bill would authorize a consumer to opt out of the sale of personal information by a business and would prohibit the business from discriminating against the consumer for exercising this right, including by charging the consumer who opts out a different price or providing the consumer a different quality of goods or services, except if the difference is reasonably related to value provided by the consumer’s data. The bill would authorize businesses to offer financial incentives for collection of personal information. The bill would prohibit a business from selling the personal information of a consumer under 16 years of age, unless affirmatively authorized, as specified, to be referred to as the right to opt in. The bill would prescribe requirements for receiving, processing, and satisfying these requests from consumers. The bill would prescribe various definitions for its purposes and would define “personal information” with reference to a broad list of characteristics and behaviors, personal and commercial, as well as inferences drawn from this information. The bill would prohibit the provisions described above from restricting the ability of the business to comply with federal, state, or local laws, among other things.

The bill would provide for its enforcement by the Attorney General, as specified, and would provide a private right of action in connection with certain unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure of a consumer’s nonencrypted or nonredacted personal information, as defined. The bill would prescribe a method for distribution of proceeds of Attorney General actions. The bill would create the Consumer Privacy Fund in the General Fund with the moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be applied to support the purposes of the bill and its enforcement. The bill would provide for the deposit of penalty money into the fund. The bill would require the Attorney General to solicit public participation for the purpose of adopting regulations, as specified. The bill would authorize a business, service provider, or 3rd party to seek the Attorney General’s opinion on how to comply with its provisions. The bill would void a waiver of a consumer’s rights under its provisions. The bill would condition its operation on the withdrawal of a specified initiative from the ballot.

Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: no

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: