California Code
TITLE 1.8 - PERSONAL DATA
CHAPTER 1 - Information Practices Act of 977

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Legislative Findings

Section 1798. - 1798. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1798.1. - 1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 1798.3. - 1798.3. As used in this chapter: (a) The term “personal...

ARTICLE 5 - Agency Requirements

Section 1798.14. - 1798.14. Each agency shall maintain in its records only personal...

Section 1798.15. - 1798.15. Each agency shall collect personal information to the greatest...

Section 1798.16. - 1798.16. (a) Whenever an agency collects personal information, the agency...

Section 1798.17. - 1798.17. Each agency shall provide on or with any form...

Section 1798.18. - 1798.18. Each agency shall maintain all records, to the maximum...

Section 1798.19. - 1798.19. Each agency when it provides by contract for the...

Section 1798.20. - 1798.20. Each agency shall establish rules of conduct for persons...

Section 1798.21. - 1798.21. Each agency shall establish appropriate and reasonable administrative, technical,...

Section 1798.22. - 1798.22. Each agency shall designate an agency employee to be...

Section 1798.23. - 1798.23. The Department of Justice shall review all personal information...

ARTICLE 6 - Conditions of Disclosure

Section 1798.24. - 1798.24. An agency shall not disclose any personal information in...

Section 1798.24a. - 1798.24a. Notwithstanding Section 1798.24, information may be disclosed to any...

Section 1798.24b. - 1798.24b. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1798.24, except subdivision (v) thereof, information...

ARTICLE 7 - Accounting of Disclosures

Section 1798.25. - 1798.25. (a) Each agency shall keep an accurate accounting of...

Section 1798.26. - 1798.26. With respect to the sale of information concerning the...

Section 1798.27. - 1798.27. Each agency shall retain the accounting made pursuant to...

Section 1798.28. - 1798.28. Each agency, after July 1, 1978, shall inform any...

Section 1798.29. - 1798.29. (a) Any agency that owns or licenses computerized data...

ARTICLE 8 - Access to Records and Administrative Remedies

Section 1798.30. - 1798.30. Each agency shall either adopt regulations or publish guidelines...

Section 1798.32. - 1798.32. Each individual shall have the right to inquire and...

Section 1798.33. - 1798.33. Each agency may establish fees to be charged, if...

Section 1798.34. - 1798.34. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each...

Section 1798.35. - 1798.35. Each agency shall permit an individual to request in...

Section 1798.36. - 1798.36. Each agency shall permit any individual who disagrees with...

Section 1798.37. - 1798.37. The agency, with respect to any disclosure containing information...

Section 1798.38. - 1798.38. If information, including letters of recommendation, compiled for the...

Section 1798.39. - 1798.39. Sections 1798.35, 1798.36, and 1798.37 shall not apply to...

Section 1798.40. - 1798.40. This chapter shall not be construed to require an...

Section 1798.41. - 1798.41. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), if the...

Section 1798.42. - 1798.42. In disclosing information contained in a record to an...

Section 1798.43. - 1798.43. In disclosing information contained in a record to an...

Section 1798.44. - 1798.44. This article applies to the rights of an individual...

ARTICLE 9 - Civil Remedies

Section 1798.45. - 1798.45. An individual may bring a civil action against an...

Section 1798.46. - 1798.46. In any suit brought under the provisions of subdivision...

Section 1798.47. - 1798.47. Any agency that fails to comply with any provision...

Section 1798.48. - 1798.48. In any suit brought under the provisions of subdivision...

Section 1798.49. - 1798.49. An action to enforce any liability created under Sections...

Section 1798.50. - 1798.50. A civil action shall not lie under this article...

Section 1798.51. - 1798.51. Where a remedy other than those provided in Articles...

Section 1798.53. - 1798.53. Any person, other than an employee of the state...

ARTICLE 10 - Penalties

Section 1798.55. - 1798.55. The intentional violation of any provision of this chapter...

Section 1798.56. - 1798.56. Any person who willfully requests or obtains any record...

Section 1798.57. - 1798.57. Except for disclosures which are otherwise required or permitted...

ARTICLE 11 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 1798.60. - 1798.60. An individual’s name and address may not be distributed...

Section 1798.61. - 1798.61. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the release...

Section 1798.62. - 1798.62. Upon written request of any individual, any agency which...

Section 1798.63. - 1798.63. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed...

Section 1798.64. - 1798.64. (a) Each agency record which is accepted by the...

Section 1798.66. - 1798.66. The time limits specified in Article 8 (commencing with...

Section 1798.67. - 1798.67. Where an agency has recorded a document creating a...

Section 1798.68. - 1798.68. (a) Information which is permitted to be disclosed under...

Section 1798.69. - 1798.69. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the State...

ARTICLE 12 - Construction With Other Laws

Section 1798.70. - 1798.70. This chapter shall be construed to supersede any other...

Section 1798.71. - 1798.71. This chapter shall not be deemed to abridge or...

Section 1798.72. - 1798.72. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize...

Section 1798.73. - 1798.73. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny...

Section 1798.74. - 1798.74. The provisions of Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 67110)...

Section 1798.75. - 1798.75. This chapter shall not be deemed to supersede Division...

Section 1798.76. - 1798.76. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to revoke,...

Section 1798.77. - 1798.77. Each agency shall ensure that no record containing personal...

Section 1798.78. - 1798.78. This chapter shall not be deemed to supersede the...