Cal. CIV § 1749.8.3
This is the official text of Cal. CIV § 1749.8.3, part of California’s Civil Code — covers contracts, property ownership, personal rights, and other general civil obligations between private parties.
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Official statutory text
(a) (1) An online marketplace shall keep the information provided to comply with the requirements of this title for no less than two years.
(2) Information provided solely to comply with the requirements of this title shall not be used for any other purpose unless required by law.
(3) An online marketplace shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, appropriate to the nature of the information and the purposes for which the information will be used, to protect the information provided to comply with the requirements of this title from unauthorized use, disclosure, access, destruction, and modification.
(b) A high-volume third-party seller may redact from a document provided solely to comply with a requirement of this title any information that is not necessary for either of the following:
(1) To comply with a requirement of this title.
(2) To verify the authenticity of the document as a copy of a valid government-issued identification, government record, or tax document, as applicable.
(2) Information provided solely to comply with the requirements of this title shall not be used for any other purpose unless required by law.
(3) An online marketplace shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, appropriate to the nature of the information and the purposes for which the information will be used, to protect the information provided to comply with the requirements of this title from unauthorized use, disclosure, access, destruction, and modification.
(b) A high-volume third-party seller may redact from a document provided solely to comply with a requirement of this title any information that is not necessary for either of the following:
(1) To comply with a requirement of this title.
(2) To verify the authenticity of the document as a copy of a valid government-issued identification, government record, or tax document, as applicable.
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