Attorney General No.
13-008, Amdt. #1S
Secretary of State No.
1603
Description
Creates presumption that an individual's personally identifying information, including financial or health information, is confidential when collected for a commercial or governmental purpose. Requires collector of personally identifying information to use all reasonably available means to protect it from unauthorized disclosure. Creates presumption of harm when personally identifying information is disclosed without the subject's authorization. Permits disclosure of personally identifying information without authorization if it is publicly available from government records or there is a countervailing compelling interest in disclosure and no other reasonable way to accomplish that interest. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Unknown but potentially significant costs to state and local governments from additional or more costly lawsuits, increased court workload, data security improvements, and changes to information-sharing practices.
Proponents
Steve Peace and Michael Thorsnes
Date
8-2-2013
Document Type
Initiative
Qualified
Failed to Qualify
Recommended Citation
Personally Identifying Information. Confidentiality. Initiative Constitutional Amendment. California Initiative 1603 (2013).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1812