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.
(c) A consumer may authorize another person solely to opt out of the sale of the consumer’s personal information on the consumer’s behalf, and a business shall comply with an opt out request received from a person authorized by the consumer to act on the consumer’s behalf, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Attorney General.
(i) “Designated methods for submitting requests” means a mailing address, email address, Internet Web page, Internet Web portal, tollfree telephone number, or other applicable contact information, whereby consumers may submit a request or direction under this title, and any new, consumerfriendly means of contacting a business, as approved by the Attorney General pursuant to Section 1798.185.
(y) “Verifiable consumer request” means a request that is made by a consumer, by a consumer on behalf of the consumer’s minor child, or by a natural person or a person registered with the Secretary of State, authorized by the consumer to act on the consumer’s behalf, and that the business can reasonably verify, pursuant to regulations adopted by the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 1798.185 to be the consumer about whom the business has collected personal information. A business is not obligated to provide information to the consumer pursuant to Sections 1798.110 and 1798.115 if the business cannot verify, pursuant this subdivision and regulations adopted by the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (a) of Section 1798.185, that the consumer making the request is the consumer about whom the business has collected information or is a person authorized by the consumer to act on such consumer’s behalf.
(2) A consumer bringing an action as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall notify the Attorney General within 30 days that the action has been filed.
(3) The Attorney General, upon receiving such notice shall, within 30 days, do one of the following:
(A) Notify the consumer bringing the action of the Attorney General’s intent to prosecute an action against the violation. If the Attorney General does not prosecute within six months, the consumer may proceed with the action.
Any business or third party may seek the opinion of the Attorney General for guidance on how to comply with the provisions of this title.
(a) A business shall be in violation of this title if it fails to cure any alleged violation within 30 days after being notified of alleged noncompliance. Any business, service provider, or other person that violates this title shall be liable for a civil penalty as provided in Section 17206 of the Business and Professions Code in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General. The civil penalties provided for in this section shall be exclusively assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
(1) Twenty percent to the Consumer Privacy Fund, created within the General Fund pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1798.109, with the intent to fully offset any costs incurred by the state courts and the Attorney General in connection with this title.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the percentages specified in subdivision (c) be adjusted as necessary to ensure that any civil penalties assessed for a violation of this title fully offset any costs incurred by the state courts and the Attorney General in connection with this title, including a sufficient amount to cover any deficit from a prior fiscal year.
(a) A special fund to be known as the “Consumer Privacy Fund” is hereby created within the General Fund in the State Treasury, and is available upon appropriation by the Legislature to offset any costs incurred by the state courts in connection with actions brought to enforce this title and any costs incurred by the Attorney General in carrying out the Attorney General’s duties under this title.
(b) Funds transferred to the Consumer Privacy Fund shall be used exclusively to offset any costs incurred by the state courts and the Attorney General in connection with this title. These funds shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the Legislature for any other purpose, unless the Director of Finance determines that the funds are in excess of the funding needed to fully offset the costs incurred by the state courts and the Attorney General in connection with this title, in which case the Legislature may appropriate excess funds for other purposes.
(a) On or before January 1, 2020, the Attorney General shall solicit broad public participation to adopt regulations to further the purposes of this title, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
(b) The Attorney General may adopt additional regulations as necessary to further the purposes of this title.
