Privacy Laws of the State of California

This digest is compiled by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, March 1997, for the California Legislature's Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy (Senator Steve Peace, Chair).

Information obtained from Robert Ellis Smith's Compilation of State and Federal Privacy Laws is cited as "Smith, 1992, 1994."

The California Office of Privacy Protection provides a more up-to-date list of California privacy-related laws at www.privacy.ca.gov/califlegis.htm. The OPP's list is particularly more current on laws related to identity theft.

"A Review of State and Federal Privacy Laws": Testimony to the California Legislature Joint Task Force on Personal Information and Privacy

I will speak briefly about two related topics: First, I will give an overview of a code of privacy principles called the Fair Information Practices. These, in part or in full, form the basis of many privacy-related laws, as well as industry initiatives.

Second, I will talk about the approach taken at the federal and state levels to privacy laws, with a brief outline of some of those laws.

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