California Civil Code

§ 1798.81.5

CIV § 1798.81.5 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 3 · Title 1.81 · Part 4

Statute text

(a)(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that personal information about California residents is protected. To that end, the purpose of this section is to encourage businesses that own, license, or maintain personal information about Californians to provide reasonable security for that information.

(2)For the purpose of this section, the terms “own” and “license” include personal information that a business retains as part of the business’ internal customer account or for the purpose of using that information in transactions with the person to whom the information relates. The term “maintain” includes personal information that a business maintains but does not own or license.

(b)A business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 527, Sec. 2. (AB 825) Effective January 1, 2022.