California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 1.81.4 — Privacy of Customer Electrical or Natural Gas Usage Data, Section 1798.99
(a) A customer harmed by the release or unauthorized use of his or her customer data, in violation of Section 1798.98, may bring a civil action to recover actual damages in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each willful violation.
(b) The rights, remedies, and penalties established by this title are in addition to the rights, remedies, or penalties established under any other law.
(c) Nothing in this title shall abrogate any authority of the Attorney General to enforce existing law.
Notes
Allows a customer harmed by release or unauthorized use of customer data in violation of the referenced prohibition to bring a civil action for actual damages up to $500 for each willful violation. Establishes that the title’s rights, remedies, and penalties are cumulative with other law and do not reduce the Attorney General’s existing enforcement authority.
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