California Civil Code

§ 1798.79

CIV § 1798.79 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 3 · Title 1.80 · Part 4

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in this section, a person or entity that intentionally remotely reads or attempts to remotely read a person’s identification document using radio frequency identification (RFID), for the purpose of reading that person’s identification document without that person’s knowledge and prior consent, shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both that fine and imprisonment.

(b)A person or entity that knowingly discloses, or causes to be disclosed, the operational system keys used in a contactless identification document system shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or both that fine and imprisonment.

(c)Subdivision (a) shall not apply to:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 54, Sec. 5. (SB 544) Effective January 1, 2010.