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Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 2894

Customer Right of Privacy

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 483 F. Supp. 2d 934 - In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation (2007)

Most recently applied in 483 F. Supp. 2d 934 - In Re National Security Agency Telecommunications Records Litigation (January 2007)

Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 198, Sec. 23

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 2891, the disclosure of any information by an interexchange telephone corporation, a local exchange telephone corporation, or a provider of commercial mobile radio service, as defined in Section 216.8, in good faith compliance with the terms of a state or federal court warrant or order or administrative subpoena issued at the request of a law enforcement official or other federal, state, or local governmental agency for law enforcement purposes, is a complete defense against any civil action brought under this chapter or any other law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 630) of Part 1 of Title 15 of the Penal Code, for the wrongful disclosure of that information.

(b) As used in this section the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Interexchange telephone corporation” means a telephone corporation that is a long-distance carrier.

(2) “Local exchange telephone corporation” means a telephone corporation that provides local exchange services.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.