California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 1.8 — Personal Data, Chapter 1 — Information Practices Act of 1977, Article 5 — Agency Requirements, Section 1798.15

Each agency shall collect personal information to the greatest extent practicable directly from the individual who is the subject of the information rather than from another source.

Notes

Requires each agency, to the greatest extent practicable, to collect personal information directly from the individual who is the subject of that information instead of obtaining it from another source. The direct-collection duty is expressly qualified by practicability and applies to personal information collected by each agency about the individual who is its subject.

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