California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SB1010 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/14/2020

                    CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1010Introduced by Senator JacksonFebruary 14, 2020 An act to amend Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1010, as introduced, Jackson. Privacy.Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by the California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1010Introduced by Senator JacksonFebruary 14, 2020 An act to amend Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1010, as introduced, Jackson. Privacy.Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by the California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 





 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill 

No. 1010

Introduced by Senator JacksonFebruary 14, 2020

Introduced by Senator Jackson
February 14, 2020

 An act to amend Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code, relating to privacy. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1010, as introduced, Jackson. Privacy.

Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by the California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.

Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by the California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them.

This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that provision.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.

SECTION 1. Section 1798.1 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.

1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.

1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.



1798.1. The Legislature declares that the right to privacy is a personal and fundamental right protected by Section 1 of Article I of the Constitution of California Constitution and by the United States Constitution and that all individuals have a right of privacy in information pertaining to them. The Legislature further makes the following findings:

(a) The right to privacy is being threatened by the indiscriminate collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information and the lack of effective laws and legal remedies.

(b) The increasing use of computers and other sophisticated information technology has greatly magnified the potential risk to individual privacy that can occur from the maintenance of personal information.

(c) In order to protect the privacy of individuals, it is necessary that the maintenance and dissemination of personal information be subject to strict limits.