Civil Remedies
Known as the Information Practices Act
The act spans §§ 1798–1798 (64 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 24 Cal. 4th 1122 - Ketchum v. Moses (2001)
Most recently applied in 3 Cal. 5th 561 - Lewis v. Superior Court of L. A. Cnty. (July 2017)
Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 709.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In any suit brought under the provisions of subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 1798.45, the agency shall be liable to the individual in an amount equal to the sum of:
(a) Actual damages sustained by the individual, including damages for mental suffering.
(b) The costs of the action together with reasonable attorney’s fees as determined by the court.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.