Senate BillNo. 1027


Introduced by Senator Hill

February 14, 2014


An act to add Title 1.18.27 (commencing with Section 1798.91.1) to Article 12 of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, relating to personal data.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1027, as introduced, Hill. Criminal record information: commercial use.

The California Public Records Act requires public records to be open to inspection at all times during the office hours of the state or local agency that retains those records, and provides that every person has a right to inspect any public record, except as provided.

Existing law requires a business to take reasonable steps to protect unintended disclosure of customer information and limits the way personal information on customers can be used and disseminated.

This bill would prohibit a person who publishes criminal record information, as defined, via print or electronic means from soliciting or accepting a fee or other consideration to remove, correct, or modify that information, as specified. The bill would establish civil penalties for violations of these provisions.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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SECTION 1.  

Title 1.18.27 (commencing with Section
21798.91.1) is added to Article 12 of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division
33 of the Civil Code, to read:

 

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1798.91.1.  

(a) It shall be unlawful practice for any person
4engaged in publishing or otherwise disseminating criminal record
5information through a print or electronic medium to solicit or
6accept the payment of a fee or other consideration to remove,
7correct, or modify that criminal record information.

8(b) For the purposes of this section, “criminal record
9information” includes all of the following:

10(1) Descriptions or notations of any arrests, any formal criminal
11charges, and the disposition of those criminal charges, including,
12but not limited to, any information made available under the
13California Public Records Act.

14(2) Photographs of the person taken pursuant to an arrest or
15other involvement in the criminal justice system.

16(3) Personal identifying information obtained in connection
17with an arrest, including a person’s name, address, date of birth,
18photograph, and social security number or other government-issued
19identification number.

20(c) Each payment solicited or accepted in violation of these
21provisions constitutes a separate violation.

22(d) A civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) may
23be imposed for each violation of this section.



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