BILL NUMBER: AB 959INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Chiu FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act relating to data collection. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 959, as introduced, Chiu. Data collection. The Information Practices Act of 1977 requires an agency to, among other things, maintain in its records only personal information, as defined, that is relevant and necessary for a required or authorized purpose. Existing law requires a department or agency to enact and maintain a permanent privacy policy in adherence with that act that includes, but is not limited to, specified principles. Existing law also requires a business that owns, licenses, or maintains personal information about a California resident to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information, and to protect the personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. This bill would declare it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to effectively address the significant disparities that impact the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in regards to data collection. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to effectively address the significant disparities that impact the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in regards to data collection.