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.
(s) “Research” means scientific, systematic study and observation, including basic research or applied research that is in the public interest and that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws or studies conducted in the public interest in the area of public health. Research with personal information that may have been collected from a consumer in the course of the consumer’s interactions with a business’ service or device for other purposes shall be:
(9) Subjected by the business conducting the research to additional security controls limit access to the research data to only those individuals in a business as are necessary to carry out the research purpose.
(3) Cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that the business, service provider, or third party reasonably and in good faith believes may violate federal, state, or local law.
(6) Collect or sell a consumer’s personal information if every aspect of that commercial conduct takes place wholly outside of California. For purposes of this title, commercial conduct takes place wholly outside of California if the business collected that information while the consumer was outside of California, no part of the sale of the consumer’s personal information occurred in California, and no personal information collected while the consumer was in California is sold. This paragraph shall not permit a business from storing, including on a device, personal information about a consumer when the consumer is in California and then collecting that personal information when the consumer and stored personal information is outside of California.
(2) In assessing the amount of statutory damages, the court shall consider any one or more of the relevant circumstances presented by any of the parties to the case, including, but not limited to, the nature and seriousness of the misconduct, the number of violations, the persistence of the misconduct, the length of time over which the misconduct occurred, the willfulness of the defendant’s misconduct, and the defendant’s assets, liabilities, and net worth.
