California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 7 — General Business RegulationsPart 2 — Preservation and Regulation of CompetitionChapter 1 — Contracts in Restraint of TradeSection 16606
The customer list, including the names, addresses, and identity of customers, of a telephone answering service shall constitute a trade secret and confidential information of, and shall belong to, the owner of the telephone answering service.
Notes
Defines a telephone answering service’s customer list, including customer names, addresses, and identities, as both a trade secret and confidential information belonging to the owner of the answering service. The rule assigns ownership and confidentiality to the service owner, protecting the listed customer-identifying information as proprietary trade-secret material rather than treating it as public or customer-owned information.
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