Bill Text: CA AB2748 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2748 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Consumer credit reports: security freezes: protected consumers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-05 - Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. [AB2748 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2748

Introduced by Assembly Member Fong

February 20, 2020

An act to amend Section 1798.15 of the Civil Code, relating to information practices.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2748, as introduced, Fong. Public agencies: information practices.

Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, prescribes a set of requirements, prohibitions, and remedies applicable to public agencies, as defined, with regard to their collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information. The act specifically requires an agency to collect personal information to the greatest extent practicable from the individual who is the subject of the information rather than from another source.

This bill would require a public agency subject to the Information Practices Act of 1977 to collect the least amount of personal information required to fulfill the purposes of its collection. The bill also would require an agency able to fulfill its requirements by collecting nonpersonal information instead of personal information to do so.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 1798.15 of the Civil Code is amended to read:

1798.15.

Each agency shall collect personal information to the greatest extent practicable directly from the individual who is the subject of the information rather than from another source. Each agency shall collect the least amount of personal information that is required to fulfill the purposes for which it is being collected. If an agency is able to fulfill its requirements by collecting nonpersonal information, it shall collect nonpersonal information instead of personal information.