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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to add Section 1798.99.86.5 to the Civil Code, relating to data brokers.</ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) to enforce various laws protecting the privacy of individuals. If a business knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship, existing law requires the business to register with the CPPA as a data broker, except as specified. Existing law requires the CPPA to establish an accessible deletion mechanism that allows a consumer to request that every data broker delete any personal information related to that consumer held by the data broker or associated service provider or contractor, as prescribed.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the Secretary of State to provide to the agency a list of all state or local elected officials that, if available, includes each official’s personal information, as specified, would require the Judicial Council to provide the agency with a list of all California judges, and would require the agency to allow elected officials or a judges to remove their information from those lists, as prescribed. The
bill would require the lists to be kept confidential, as specified. The bill would also require the agency to upload the lists to the accessible deletion mechanism described above and would require an entity receiving a notification that a deletion is required to do so within 5 days.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize an elected official or judge who is on a list described above, the Attorney General, a county counsel, or a city attorney to bring a civil action for a violation of the bill, as prescribed.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 1798.99.86.5 is added to the
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(a)
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(1)
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The Secretary of State shall provide to the California Privacy Protection Agency a list of all state or local elected officials that, if available, includes each official’s personal information, including business and residential address, personal and business phone numbers, email addresses, full name, and any other personal identifying information.
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(2)
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Following the certification of a final election, the Secretary of State shall provide to the California Privacy Protection Agency a list of elected officials that includes the personal information provided pursuant to paragraph (1).
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(3)
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The California Privacy Protection Agency shall provide each
elected official an opportunity to request that the elected official’s name and profile data be removed from the list.
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(4)
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Following the certification of a final election, the Secretary of State and the California Privacy Protection Agency shall comply with paragraphs (1) to (3),inclusive, with respect to each newly elected official.
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(b)
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(1)
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The Judicial Council shall provide the California Privacy Protection Agency with a list of all California judges, which shall serve as each judge’s request to delete the judge’s personal information pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1798.99.86. The list shall include each judge’s name and other profile data, as defined by the California Privacy Protection Agency, that has been shared voluntarily by the judge.
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(2)
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Before providing the
list to the California Privacy Protection Agency, the Judicial Council shall provide each judge an opportunity to request that the judge’s name and profile data be removed from the list. The list submitted to the California Privacy Protection Agency shall include only those judges that did not request to be removed from the list.
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(3)
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The Judicial Council shall provide an updated list after the appointment or election of any additional judge.
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(c)
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(1)
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After receipt of the lists required by this section, the California Privacy Protection Agency shall upload the lists required by this section to the accessible deletion mechanism established pursuant to Section 1798.99.86.
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(2)
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An entity receiving a notification that a deletion is required shall execute the deletion within five days.
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(d)
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Any information shared pursuant to this section shall be shared in a secure and confidential exchange. The lists and the information in the lists shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code).
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(e)
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An elected official or judge who is on a list described in subdivision (a) or (b), the Attorney General, a county counsel, or a city attorney may bring a civil action for a violation of this section for any of the following relief:
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(1)
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Declaratory relief.
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(2)
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Injunctive relief.
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(3)
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Reasonable attorney’s fees.
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(4)
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Actual damages.
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(f)
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In addition to the other relief provided under this section, if a court finds that an entity willfully refused to provide for deletion as required under this section, the court may award punitive damages.
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<html:p> The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 1798.99.86.5 to the Civil Code, imposes a limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:</html:p>
<html:p>In order to protect the confidential and private
information of an elected official or judge, it is necessary that this act limit the public’s right of access to that information.</html:p>
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REVISIONS:</ns0:Correction>
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