California Invasion of Privacy Act, recording confidential communications without all-party consent (Cal. Penal Code 632(a))
In California every party to a confidential call must consent to its recording. Confidential calls recorded with only the company's own consent were unlawfully made, and a buyer should treat a dataset resting on them as defective.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“(a) A person who, intentionally and without the consent of all parties to a confidential communication, uses an electronic amplifying or recording device to eavesdrop upon or record the confidential communication, whether the communication is carried on among the parties in the presence of one another or by means of a telegraph, telephone, or other device, except a radio, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment.”
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