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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22453.

22453. An applicant shall pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) to the county clerk at the time he or she files an application for registration. An additional fee for each card in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory costs associated with the issuance of additional cards, as determined by the county clerk, shall be paid to the county clerk for each additional card of identification.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 287, Sec. 1. (AB 214) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22453.1.

22453.1. Notwithstanding Section 22453, any person registered pursuant to Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 22350) shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) instead of the fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175) otherwise required by Section 22453.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 728, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22454.

22454. (a) At least one person involved in the management of a professional photocopier shall be required to hold a current commission from the Secretary of State as a notary public in this state. If the notary commission is held by someone other than the registrant, written confirmation from the notary authorizing the use of their commission for this registration is required.
(b) The professional photocopier shall maintain a valid notary commission during the entire period that the professional photocopier’s certificate of registration is effective. The registrant shall notify the county clerk and provide an updated valid notary commission if the commission expires prior to the expiration of the certificate of registration.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 400, Sec. 21. (SB 1467) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22455.

22455. (a) A certificate of registration shall be accompanied by a bond of five thousand dollars ($5,000) which is executed by a corporate surety qualified to do business in this state and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this chapter and all laws governing the transmittal of confidential documentary information under the code sections specified in Section 22450. The total aggregate liability on the bond shall be limited to five thousand dollars ($5,000). The bond may be terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 995.440 and Article 13 (commencing with Section 996.310) of Chapter 2 of Title 14 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(1) The county clerk shall, upon filing the bond, deliver the bond forthwith to the county recorder for recording. The recording fee specified in Section 27361 of the Government Code shall be paid by the registered professional photocopier. The fee may be paid to the county clerk, who shall transmit it to the recorder.
(2) The fee for filing, canceling, revoking, or withdrawing the bond is seven dollars ($7).
(3) The county recorder shall record the bond and any notice of cancellation, revocation, or withdrawal of the bond, and shall thereafter mail the instrument, unless specified to the contrary, to the person named in the instrument and, if no person is named, to the party leaving it for recording. The recording fee specified in Section 27361 of the Government Code for the notice of cancellation, revocation, or withdrawal of the bond shall be paid to the county clerk, who shall transmit it to the county recorder.
(b) In lieu of the bond required by subdivision (a), a registrant may deposit five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash with the county clerk.
(c) If the certificate is revoked, the bond or cash deposit shall be returned to the bonding party or depositor subject to the provisions of subdivision (d) and the right of a person to recover against the bond or cash deposit under Section 22459.
(d) The county clerk may retain a cash deposit until the expiration of three years from the date the registrant has ceased to do business, or three years from the expiration or revocation date of the registration, in order to ensure there are no outstanding claims against the deposit. A judge of a superior court may order the return of the deposit prior to the expiration of three years upon evidence satisfactory to the judge that there are no outstanding claims against the deposit.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22456.

22456. A certificate of registration shall be effective for a period of two years or until the date the bond expires, whichever occurs first. Thereafter, a registrant shall file a new certificate of registration or a renewal of the certificate of registration and pay the fee required by Section 22453. A certificate of registration may be renewed up to 60 days prior to its expiration date and the effective date of the renewal shall be the date the current registration expires. The renewal shall be effective for a period of two years from the effective date or until the expiration date of the bond, whichever occurs first.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 35, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22457.

22457. (a) The county clerk shall maintain a register of professional photocopiers, assign a number to each professional photocopier, and issue an identification card to each one. Additional cards for employees of professional photocopiers shall be issued upon the payment of a fee for each card in an amount sufficient to cover the reasonable regulatory costs associated with the issuance of additional cards, as determined by the county clerk. Upon renewal of registration, the same number shall be assigned, provided that the applicant is renewing registration in the same county in which he or she was previously registered and there is no lapse of three or more years in the period of registration.
(b) The identification card shall be a card not less than three and one-quarter inches by two inches, and shall contain at the top the title, “Professional Photocopier” followed by the registrant’s name, address, registration number, date of expiration, and county of registration. It shall also contain a photograph of the registrant in the lower left corner. The identification card for a partnership or corporation registration shall be issued in the name of the partnership or corporation, and shall not contain a photograph. The identification card for an employee of a professional photocopier or a partnership or corporation shall contain a photograph of the employee in the lower left corner.
(c) The identification card for an employee of a professional photocopier or a partnership or corporation shall be issued in the name of the employee and include “Employee of: [insert name of the professional photocopier or the partnership or corporation].”
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 295, Sec. 15. (AB 285) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22458.

22458. A professional photocopier shall be responsible at all times for maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of information obtained under the applicable codes in the transmittal or distribution of records to the authorized persons or entities.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1005, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22459.

22459. (a) Any person who recovers damages in any action or proceeding for injuries caused by the revelation of information which was improperly obtained, transmitted, or distributed by a registrant, or caused by a registrant’s noncompliance with requirements of confidential documentary information under the code sections specified in Section 22450 may recover damages from the bond or cash deposit required by Section 22455.
(b) Whenever there has been a recovery against a bond or cash deposit under subdivision (a), the registrant shall file a new bond or deposit an additional amount of cash within 30 days to reinstate the bond or cash deposit to the amount required by Section 22455. If the registrant does not file a bond or deposit this amount within 30 days, his or her certificate of registration shall be revoked.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1005, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22460.

22460. The county clerk shall revoke the registration of a professional photocopier upon receipt of a court document or record stating that the registrant has been found guilty of a misdemeanor violation of this chapter, or that a civil judgment has been entered against the registrant in an action arising out of an improper disclosure or transmittal of confidential information. The county clerk shall be given notice of such court actions. A registrant whose registration is revoked pursuant to this subdivision may reapply for registration after one year.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1005, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22460.5.

22460.5. A certificate of registration may be revoked or suspended whenever it has been determined that the registrant has transmitted or distributed records obtained under the applicable sections in a manner which does not comply with the provisions of law governing the transmittal of confidential documentary information under the code sections specified in Section 22450, or which constitutes an improper transmittal or distribution not amounting to a violation of law.
(b) An investigation concerning the revocation of certificate of registration of a registrant may be commenced at any time the public prosecutor deems it appropriate or upon the complaint of any person who has been injured by a transmittal or distribution which was handled by the registrant and does not comply with the provisions of law governing the transmittal of confidential documentary information under the code sections specified in Section 22450, or which constitutes an improper transmittal or distribution not amounting to a violation of law.
(c) If the public prosecutor determines from the investigation that cause may exist for the suspension or revocation of the certificate of registration, he or she shall set the matter for hearing and give notice to the registrant. That hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and, for the purposes of those provisions, the public prosecutor shall be deemed to be the agency, but shall be charged as provided by Section 11527 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1005, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20 - Professional Photocopiers › Section 22462.

22462. (a) All records transmitted or distributed by a professional photocopier shall be accompanied by a certificate containing all of the following:
(1) An affidavit signed by the custodian of the original records that were reproduced for transmittal. It shall conform to the requirements specified in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1560) of Chapter 2 of Division 11 of the Evidence Code.
(2) An affidavit signed by the professional photocopier or his or her employee stating that the records shall be transmitted or distributed to the authorized persons or entities.
(b) The certificate shall bear the name, address, and registration number and county of registration of the professional photocopier. The custodian of records shall be entitled to a copy of the certificate, completed as provided in subdivision (a).
(c) The custodian of records shall not be liable for the improper release of the records when the records:
(1) Were released to a professional photocopier for the production of records under authorization or subpoena or other means.
(2) Were certified pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 603, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 20.5 - Magazine Distributors › Section 22475.

22475. (a) A magazine distributor, or any person, firm, or corporation representing a magazine distributor shall clearly and conspicuously place the subscription expiration date on all magazine renewal notices mailed to its subscribers or direct subscribers to refer to the magazine’s mailing label to find the subscription expiration date.
(b) All magazine mailing labels shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the subscription expiration date.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 191, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22500.

22500. (a) A ticket seller shall have a permanent business address from which tickets may only be sold and that address shall be included in any advertisement or solicitation, and shall be duly licensed as may be required by any local jurisdiction.
(b) A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both.
(c) Any person who engages, has engaged, or proposes to engage in a violation of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General, or a district attorney, or a city attorney of a city having a population in excess of 750,000, and, with the consent of the district attorney, by a city prosecutor in any city, county, or city and county having a full-time prosecutor in any court of competent jurisdiction. Payment of the civil penalty shall be made pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 17206. For the purposes of this section, each ticket sold or offered for sale in violation of this section shall constitute a separate violation. The remedies provided by this section are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1132, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22502.

22502. A ticket seller shall, prior to sale, disclose to the purchaser by means of description or a map the location of the seat or seats represented by the ticket or tickets.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22502.1.

22502.1. It shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to contract for the sale of tickets or accept consideration for payment in full or for a deposit for the sale of tickets unless the ticket seller meets one or more of the following requirements:
(a) The ticket seller has the ticket in his or her possession.
(b) The ticket seller has a written contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain the ticket from the primary contractor.
(c) The ticket seller informs the purchaser orally at the time of the contract or receipt of consideration, whichever is earlier, and in writing within two business days, that the seller does not have possession of the tickets, has no contract to obtain the offered ticket at a certain price from a person in possession of the ticket or from a person who has a contractual right to obtain the ticket from the primary contractor, and may not be able to supply the ticket at the contracted price or range of prices.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a ticket seller from accepting a deposit from a prospective purchaser as part of an agreement that the ticket seller will make best efforts to obtain a ticket at a specified price or price range and within a specified time, provided that the ticket seller informs the purchaser orally at the time of the contract or receipt of consideration, whichever is earlier, and in writing within two days, of the terms of the deposit agreement, and includes in the oral and written notice the disclosures otherwise required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1132, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22502.2.

22502.2. It shall be unlawful for a ticket seller to represent that he or she can deliver or cause to be delivered a ticket at a specific price or within a specific price range and to fail to deliver within a reasonable time or by a contracted time the tickets at or below the price stated or within the range of prices stated.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1132, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22502.3.

22502.3. In addition to other remedies, a ticket seller who violates Section 22502.1 or 22502.2 and fails to supply a ticket at or below a contracted price or within a contracted price range shall be civilly liable to the ticket purchaser for two times the contracted price of the ticket, in addition to any sum expended by the purchaser in nonrefundable expenses for attending or attempting to attend the event in good faith reliance on seat or space availability, and reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1132, Sec. 4. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22503.

22503. A ticket seller, as used in this chapter, means any person who for compensation, commission, or otherwise sells admission tickets to sporting, musical, theatre, or any other entertainment event.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22503.5.

22503.5. This chapter does not apply to any primary contractor or seller of tickets for the primary contractor operating under a written contract with the primary contractor.
“Primary contractor” means the person or organization who is responsible for the event for which tickets are being sold.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22503.6.

22503.6. This chapter does not apply to an officially appointed agent of an air carrier, ocean carrier or motor coach carrier who purchases or sells tickets in conjunction with a tour package accomplished through the primary event promoter or his or her agent by written agreement.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22504.

22504. This chapter does not apply to any person who sells six tickets or less to any one single event, provided the tickets are sold off the premises where the event is to take place, including, but not limited to, designated parking areas and points of entry to the event.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22505.5.

22505.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22503.5, 22503.6, 22504, or 22511, it shall be unlawful for a person to intentionally use or sell software or services to circumvent a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process for event attendees.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) ”Event attendee” means a person who purchases one or more tickets with the intent to attend the event for which the ticket or tickets are purchased. An event attendee does not include a ticket seller.
(2) “A control or measure that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buying process” includes limits on the number of tickets that a person can purchase.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 105, Sec. 1. (AB 1032) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22506.

22506. Any partial or full deposit received by a ticket seller on a future event for which tickets are not available shall be refundable except for a service charge of not more than 10 percent until tickets for the event are actually available.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22507.

22507. (a) The ticket price of an event which is canceled shall be fully refunded to the purchaser by the ticket seller within 30 calendar days of the cancellation.
(b) The ticket price of an event which is postponed, rescheduled, or replaced with another event at the same date and time, shall be fully refunded to the purchaser by the ticket seller upon request within 30 calendar days of the refund request.
(c) For purposes of this section, a rescheduled event includes a canceled occurrence of a recurring event for which the purchaser is offered the opportunity to attend another, materially identical occurrence of the same event at a different date or time.
(d) A local jurisdiction may require a ticket seller to provide a bond of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to provide for any refunds that may be required by this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 180, Sec. 1. (AB 1556) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22508.

22508. A ticket seller shall disclose that a service charge is imposed by the ticket seller and is added to the actual ticket price by the seller in any advertisement or promotion for any event by the ticket seller.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21 - Ticket Sellers › Section 22509.

22509. Any ticket seller who includes tickets to an event in conjunction with the sale of a tour or event package, including, among other things, transportation, meals, lodging, or beverages, shall disclose in any advertisements or promotional materials the price charged or allotted for the tickets.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 378, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses › Section 22515.

22515. As used in this chapter, the following definitions are applicable:
(a) “Money exchange house” means any individual or business engaged in the business of exchanging or dealing in the currency of the United States, Mexico, or any other country. It does not include any bank, savings association, or credit union chartered under the laws of this state or the United States or to any other business or entity regulated by the Financial Code.
(b) “Currency” means any coined money, banknotes, or other paper money as are authorized by law which circulates from hand to hand as the medium of exchange.
(c) “Buying dollars” means a transaction exchanging foreign currency for currency of the United States.
(d) “Selling dollars” means a transaction exchanging the currency of the United States for foreign currency.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 433, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses › Section 22516.

22516. (a) All window and exterior signs concerning the rates of exchange at a money exchange house shall clearly state the rate of exchange for both the buying and selling of dollars.
(b) All interior signs and all advertising, if rates are quoted, shall clearly state the rates of exchange for both buying and selling of dollars and shall state all commissions and fees charged on all transactions.
(c) An interior sign containing all information regarding rates of exchange and fees shall be printed in English and posted in clear view of customers at each point of exchange.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 433, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses › Section 22518.

22518. A receipt shall be presented to each customer for each exchange, clearly stating the rate of exchange for the particular transaction, the amount of commission or fees, and the net exchange after all fees and commissions have been deducted. The receipt shall also state the total amount of currency presented by the customer and the total amount returned to the customer.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 433, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses › Section 22519.

22519. A violation of this chapter is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) for the first offense, and a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each subsequent offense.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 433, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 21.5 - Money Exchange Houses › Section 22519.5.

22519.5. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the effect of any other state law or any local ordinance governing money exchange house permit applications, permit denials, permit renewals, permit revocations, regulatory fees, regulations on advertising or signs, receipt requirements, or penalties for violations thereof.
(Added by renumbering Section 22520 (as added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 433) by Stats. 1990, Ch. 216, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22 - Internet Privacy Requirements › Section 22575.

22575. (a) An operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Internet about individual consumers residing in California who use or visit its commercial Web site or online service shall conspicuously post its privacy policy on its Web site, or in the case of an operator of an online service, make that policy available in accordance with paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 22577. An operator shall be in violation of this subdivision only if the operator fails to post its policy within 30 days after being notified of noncompliance.
(b) The privacy policy required by subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:
(1) Identify the categories of personally identifiable information that the operator collects through the Web site or online service about individual consumers who use or visit its commercial Web site or online service and the categories of third-party persons or entities with whom the operator may share that personally identifiable information.
(2) If the operator maintains a process for an individual consumer who uses or visits its commercial Web site or online service to review and request changes to any of his or her personally identifiable information that is collected through the Web site or online service, provide a description of that process.
(3) Describe the process by which the operator notifies consumers who use or visit its commercial Web site or online service of material changes to the operator’s privacy policy for that Web site or online service.
(4) Identify its effective date.
(5) Disclose how the operator responds to Web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party Web sites or online services, if the operator engages in that collection.
(6) Disclose whether other parties may collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across different Web sites when a consumer uses the operator’s Web site or service.
(7) An operator may satisfy the requirement of paragraph (5) by providing a clear and conspicuous hyperlink in the operator’s privacy policy to an online location containing a description, including the effects, of any program or protocol the operator follows that offers the consumer that choice.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 390, Sec. 1. (AB 370) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22 - Internet Privacy Requirements › Section 22576.

22576. An operator of a commercial Web site or online service that collects personally identifiable information through the Web site or online service from individual consumers who use or visit the commercial Web site or online service and who reside in California shall be in violation of this section if the operator fails to comply with the provisions of Section 22575 or with the provisions of its posted privacy policy in either of the following ways:
(a) Knowingly and willfully.
(b) Negligently and materially.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 829, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 22579.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22 - Internet Privacy Requirements › Section 22578.

22578. It is the intent of the Legislature that this chapter is a matter of statewide concern. This chapter supersedes and preempts all rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, and other laws adopted by a city, county, city and county, municipality, or local agency regarding the posting of a privacy policy on an Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 829, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004. Section operative July 1, 2004, pursuant to Section 22579.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22 - Internet Privacy Requirements › Section 22579.

22579. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2004.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 829, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Chapter 22, commencing with Section 22575.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.1 - Privacy Rights for California Minors in the Digital World › Section 22582.

22582. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2015.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 336, Sec. 1. (SB 568) Effective January 1, 2014. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Chapter 22.1, commencing with Section 22580.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2 - Student Online Personal Information Protection Act › Section 22585.

22585. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 2016.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 839, Sec. 1. (SB 1177) Effective January 1, 2015. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.5 - Early Learning Personal Information Protection Act › Section 22587.

22587. This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 2017.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 620, Sec. 1. (AB 2799) Effective January 1, 2017. Note: This section prescribed a delayed operative date for Ch. 22.2.5, commencing with Section 22586.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.7 - Student Test Taker Privacy Protection Act › Section 22588.

22588. (a) Notwithstanding Section 22584 of the Business and Professions Code, a business providing proctoring services in an educational setting shall collect, use, retain, and disclose only the personal information strictly necessary to provide those services.
(b) This section shall not prohibit a business from collecting, using, retaining, or disclosing personal information if doing so is necessary for any of the following:
(1) To comply with federal, state, or local law.
(2) To comply with a court order or subpoena.
(3) To comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by a federal, state, or local agency authorized by law to conduct that inquiry or investigation, or authorized to serve a subpoena or summons, as applicable.
(A) A law enforcement agency may direct a business, pursuant to a law enforcement agency-approved investigation with an active case number, not to delete a consumer’s personal information, and, upon receipt of that direction, a business shall not delete the personal information for 90 days, in order to allow the law enforcement agency to obtain a court order or subpoena to obtain the consumer’s personal information.
(B) A business that has received direction from a law enforcement agency not to delete a consumer’s personal information that otherwise would not be permissible to retain or disclose pursuant to this section shall not use or disclose the consumer’s personal information for any purpose except in response to a court order or subpoena.
(4) To cooperate with a law enforcement agency concerning conduct or activity that the business reasonably and in good faith believes to violate federal, state, or local law.
(5) To cooperate with a government agency request for emergency access to a consumer’s personal information if a natural person is at imminent risk of death or serious physical injury, provided that all of the following are met:
(A) The request is approved by a high-ranking agency officer for emergency access to a consumer’s personal information.
(B) The request is based on the agency’s good faith determination that it has a lawful basis to access the information on a nonemergency basis.
(C) The agency agrees to petition a court for an appropriate order within three days and to destroy the information if that order is not granted.
(6) To exercise or defend a legal claim.
(c) For purposes of this section, “personal information” has the same meaning as in Section 1798.140 of the Civil Code.
(d) For purposes of this section, “proctoring services” includes, but is not limited to, services offered by a business to observe, monitor, or administer an exam.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 720, Sec. 1. (SB 1172) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.9 - Cyberbullying Protection Act › Section 22589.1.

22589.1. (a) A social media platform shall disclose all cyberbullying reporting procedures in the social media platform’s terms of service.
(b) A social media platform shall establish a mechanism within its internet-based service that allows any individual, whether or not that individual has a profile on the internet-based service, to report cyberbullying or any content that violates the existing terms of service. The reporting mechanism shall allow, but not require, an individual to upload a screenshot of the content that contains cyberbullying or violates the terms of service.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. (AB 2879) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.9 - Cyberbullying Protection Act › Section 22589.2.

22589.2. Actions for relief pursuant to this chapter may be prosecuted exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General. This chapter shall not be deemed to create a private right of action or limit any existing private right of action.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. (AB 2879) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.9 - Cyberbullying Protection Act › Section 22589.3.

22589.3. (a) (1) Any social media platform that violates a requirement of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for each intentional violation, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General.
(2) In a successful action brought by the Attorney General to enforce this chapter, the court may order injunctive relief to obtain compliance with this chapter.
(b) For purposes of this section, each day a social media platform is in violation of a requirement of this chapter constitutes a separate violation.
(c) This section shall become operative September 1, 2023.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. (AB 2879) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative September 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.2.9 - Cyberbullying Protection Act › Section 22589.4.

22589.4. This chapter shall not apply to either of the following:
(a) A social media platform that is controlled by a business entity that generated less than one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in gross revenue during the preceding calendar year.
(b) A social media platform whose primary function is to allow users to play video games.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 700, Sec. 1. (AB 2879) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.3 - Internet Private Residence Rental Listings › Section 22590.

22590. As used in this chapter, a “hosting platform” means a marketplace that is created for the primary purpose of facilitating the rental of a residential unit offered for occupancy for tourist or transient use for compensation to the offeror of that unit, and the operator of the hosting platform derives revenues, including booking fees or advertising revenues, from providing or maintaining that marketplace. “Facilitating” includes, but is not limited to, the act of allowing the offeror of the residential unit to offer or advertise the residential unit on the Internet Web site provided or maintained by the operator.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 239, Sec. 1. (SB 761) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.3 - Internet Private Residence Rental Listings › Section 22592.

22592. A hosting platform shall provide the following notice to an offeror listing a residence for short-term rental on the hosting platform:
(a) If you are a tenant who is listing a room, home, mobilehome, condominium, or apartment, please refer to your rental contract or lease, or contact your landlord, prior to listing the property to determine whether your lease or contract contains restrictions that would limit your ability to list your room, home, mobilehome, condominium, or apartment. Listing your room, home, mobilehome, condominium, or apartment may be a violation of your lease or contract, and could result in legal action against you by your landlord, including possible eviction.
(b) You should review any restrictions on coverage under your homeowners’ or renters’ insurance policy related to short-term rental activities to ensure that there is appropriate insurance coverage in the event that a person sustains an injury or loss for which you are responsible, a person damages or causes loss to your personal or real property, or a claim or lawsuit is made against you or otherwise arises out of activities related to this hosting platform.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 113, Sec. 1. (SB 1092) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.3 - Internet Private Residence Rental Listings › Section 22594.

22594. (a) The notice required by Section 22592 shall be in a font size that is equal to or greater than 100 percent of the standard font size of the other paragraphs on the hosting platform’s Internet Web site or equal to the default font size on the hosting platform’s Internet Web site.
(b) The notice shall be provided immediately before the offeror lists each real property on the hosting platform’s Internet Web site, and shall require the offeror to interact with the hosting platform’s Internet Web site to affirmatively acknowledge he or she has read the notice. This affirmative acknowledgment may be accomplished by the inclusion of a statement in the notice described in Section 22592 that the offeror acknowledges reading this notice before proceeding to list a real property with the hosting platform’s Internet Web site.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 113, Sec. 2. (SB 1092) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.4 - Food Delivery Platforms › Section 22598.

22598. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Clearly and conspicuously” means in a font no smaller than boldface, 14-point type, clearly separate from any other language on the page. For an audio disclosure, “clearly and conspicuously” means in a volume and cadence sufficient to be readily audible and understandable.
(b) “Food delivery platform” means an online business that acts as an intermediary between consumers and multiple food facilities to submit food orders from a consumer to a participating food facility, and to arrange for the delivery of the order from the food facility to the consumer.
(c) “Food facility” means a food facility, as defined in Section 113789 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) “Forwarded call” means a communication made by a consumer and intended for a food facility, by telephone call or other means of communication, that has been routed by a food delivery platform, or a routing service under the direction of the food delivery platform, to the intended food facility.
(e) “Listing website” means an internet website or application that lists, or produces through search results, telephone numbers associated with food facilities, and that has 100,000,000 or more unique monthly visitors.
(f) “Online order” means an order for food or beverage placed by a customer through or with the assistance of a food delivery platform, including, but not limited to, a telephone order, for delivery.
(g) “Purchase price” means the price, as listed on the menu, for the items contained in an online order. This definition does not include taxes or gratuities that may make up the total amount charged to the customer of an online order.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 164, Sec. 2. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.4 - Food Delivery Platforms › Section 22599.

22599. A food delivery platform shall not arrange for the delivery of an order from a food facility without first obtaining an agreement with the food facility expressly authorizing the food delivery platform to take orders and deliver meals prepared by the food facility.
(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 125, Sec. 2. (AB 2149) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.4 - Food Delivery Platforms › Section 22599.1.

22599.1. (a) It is unlawful for a food delivery platform to do either of the following:
(1) Charge a customer any purchase price for food or beverage that is higher than the price posted on the food delivery platform’s internet website by the food facility at the time of the order.
(2) Retain any portion of amounts designated as a tip or gratuity. Any tip or gratuity for a delivery order shall be paid by a food delivery platform, in its entirety, to the person delivering the food or beverage. Any tip or gratuity for a pickup order shall be paid by a food delivery platform, in its entirety, to the food facility.
(b) A food delivery platform shall disclose to the customer and to the food facility an accurate, clearly identified, and itemized cost breakdown of each transaction, including, but not limited to, the following information:
(1) The purchase price of the food and beverage.
(2) A notice, if applicable, that the food delivery platform charges a fee, commission, or cost to the food facility, unless the food facility directs that the food delivery platform disclose to customers the delivery fee charged to the food facility and each fee, commission, or cost charged to the food facility.
(3) Each fee, commission, or cost charged to the customer by the food delivery platform.
(4) Any tip or gratuity.
(c) (1) A listing website shall not associate a telephone number or other method of direct communication with a food facility on their internet website or application if the listing website knows the use of that telephone number or other method of direct communication will result in a forwarded call.
(2) A listing website shall clearly and conspicuously disclose if an order placed through a telephone number or other interface on their internet website or application may result in a fee, commission, or cost paid to a party other than the food facility, and shall identify that other party.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 164, Sec. 3. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 8 - SPECIAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS › CHAPTER 22.4 - Food Delivery Platforms › Section 22599.6.

22599.6. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 513, Sec. 3. (AB 286) Effective January 1, 2022.)