California Civil Code

§ 1798.80

CIV § 1798.80 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 3 · Title 1.81 · Part 4

Statute text

The following definitions apply to this title:

(a)“Business” means a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, or other group, however organized and whether or not organized to operate at a profit, including a financial institution organized, chartered, or holding a license or authorization certificate under the law of this state, any other state, the United States, or of any other country, or the parent or the subsidiary of a financial institution. The term includes an entity that disposes of records.

(b)“Records” means any material, regardless of the physical form, on which information is recorded or preserved by any means, including in written or spoken words, graphically depicted, printed, or electromagnetically transmitted. “Records” does not include publicly available directories containing information an individual has voluntarily consented to have publicly disseminated or listed, such as name, address, or telephone number.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 134, Sec. 1. (AB 1094) Effective January 1, 2010.