California Penal Code CHAPTER 1.5 - Invasion of Privacy

• Section 630.
  The Legislature hereby declares that advances in science and technology have led to the development of new devices and techniques for the purpose of eavesdropping...
• Section 631.
  (a) Any person who, by means of any machine, instrument, or contrivance, or in any other manner, intentionally taps, or makes any unauthorized connection, whether physically,...
• Section 632.
  (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...
• Section 632.01.
  (a) (1) A person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 632 shall be punished pursuant to subdivision (b) if the person intentionally discloses or distributes, in any...
• Section 632.5.
  (a) Every person who, maliciously and without the consent of all parties to the communication, intercepts, receives, or assists in intercepting or receiving a communication transmitted...
• Section 632.6.
  (a) Every person who, maliciously and without the consent of all parties to the communication, intercepts, receives, or assists in intercepting or receiving a communication transmitted...
• Section 632.7.
  (a) Every person who, without the consent of all parties to a communication, intercepts or receives and intentionally records, or assists in the interception or reception...
• Section 633.
  Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits the Attorney General, any district attorney, or any assistant, deputy, or investigator of the Attorney...
• Section 633.02.
  (a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits any POST-certified chief of police, assistant chief of police, or police officer of a university...
• Section 633.05.
  (a) Nothing in Section 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits a city attorney acting under authority of Section 41803.5 of the Government Code, provided that authority...
• Section 633.1.
  (a) Nothing in Section 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, or 632.7 prohibits any person regularly employed as an airport law enforcement officer, as described in subdivision (d)...
• Section 633.5.
  Sections 631, 632, 632.5, 632.6, and 632.7 do not prohibit one party to a confidential communication from recording the communication for the purpose of obtaining...
• Section 633.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, and in accordance with federal law, upon the request of a victim of domestic violence who is seeking a...
• Section 633.8.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to provide law enforcement with the ability to use electronic amplifying or recording devices...
• Section 634.
  Any person who trespasses on property for the purpose of committing any act, or attempting to commit any act, in violation of Section 631, 632,...
• Section 635.
  (a) Every person who manufactures, assembles, sells, offers for sale, advertises for sale, possesses, transports, imports, or furnishes to another any device which is primarily or...
• Section 636.
  (a) Every person who, without permission from all parties to the conversation, eavesdrops on or records, by means of an electronic device, a conversation, or any...
• Section 636.5.
  Any person not authorized by the sender, who intercepts any public safety radio service communication, by use of a scanner or any other means, for...
• Section 637.
  Every person not a party to a telegraphic or telephonic communication who willfully discloses the contents of a telegraphic or telephonic message, or any part...
• Section 637.1.
  Every person not connected with any telegraph or telephone office who, without the authority or consent of the person to whom the same may be...
• Section 637.2.
  (a) Any person who has been injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action against the person who committed the violation for the...
• Section 637.3.
  (a) No person or entity in this state shall use any system which examines or records in any manner voice prints or other voice stress patterns...
• Section 637.4.
  (a) No state or local governmental agency involved in the investigation or prosecution of crimes, or any employee thereof, shall require or request any complaining witness,...
• Section 637.5.
  (a) No person who owns, controls, operates, or manages a satellite or cable television corporation, or who leases channels on a satellite or cable system shall:(1) Use...
• Section 637.6.
  (a) No person who, in the course of business, acquires or has access to personal information concerning an individual, including, but not limited to, the individual’s...
• Section 637.7.
  (a) No person or entity in this state shall use an electronic tracking device to determine the location or movement of a person.(b) This section shall not...
• Section 637.9.
  (a) Any person who, in the course of business, provides mailing lists, computerized or telephone-based reference services, or similar products or services utilizing lists, as defined,...
• Section 638.
  (a) Any person who purchases, sells, offers to purchase or sell, or conspires to purchase or sell any telephone calling pattern record or list, without the...
• Section 638.50.
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Wire communication” and “electronic communication” have the meanings set forth in subdivision (a) of...
• Section 638.51.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person may not install or use a pen register or a trap and trace device without first obtaining...
• Section 638.52.
  (a) A peace officer may make an application to a magistrate for an order or an extension of an order authorizing or approving the installation and...
• Section 638.53.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, upon an oral application by a peace officer, a magistrate may grant oral approval for the installation and...
• Section 638.54.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a government entity that obtains information pursuant to Section 638.52, or obtains information pursuant to oral authorization pursuant...
• Section 638.55.
  (a) Any person in a trial, hearing, or proceeding may move to suppress wire or electronic information obtained or retained in violation of the Fourth Amendment...

Last modified: October 22, 2018