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 12 — Construction With Other Laws, Section 1798.70

This chapter shall be construed to supersede any other provision of state law, including Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code, or any exemption in Section 7922.000 of the Government Code or in any provision listed in Section 7920.505 of the Government Code, which authorizes any agency to withhold from an individual any record containing personal information that is otherwise accessible under the provisions of this chapter.

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Establishes that the chapter supersedes any other state-law provision or exemption that would authorize an agency to withhold from an individual a record containing personal information that is otherwise accessible under the chapter. The supremacy rule includes the specifically referenced Government Code provisions and exemptions as examples of state law displaced when they authorize such withholding.

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