California Business and Professions Code

§ 26161.5

BPC § 26161.5 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 10 · Ch. 16

Statute text

(a)A licensee shall not disclose a consumer’s personal information to a third party, except to the extent necessary to allow responsibility for payment to be determined and payment to be made or if the consumer has consented to the licensee’s disclosure of the personal information. This section does not prohibit the disclosure of nonpublic personal information to the State of California or a city, county, or city and county to perform official duties pursuant to this division or a local ordinance.

(b)A licensee shall not discriminate against a consumer, or deny a consumer a product or service, because the consumer has not provided consent, pursuant to subdivision (a), to authorize the licensee to disclose the consumer’s nonpublic personal information to a third party not directly related to the transaction.

(c)For purposes of this section, “personal information” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 1798.81.5 of the Civil Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 583, Sec. 1. (AB 2402) Effective January 1, 2019.