{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"1798.14","citation":"Civ. Code, § 1798.14","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1.8. PERSONAL DATA [1798. - 1798.78.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Information Practices Act of 1977 [1798. - 1798.78.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Agency Requirements [1798.14. - 1798.23.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-1.8/chapter-1/article-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 595, Sec. 5.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Each agency shall maintain in its records only personal information which is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required or authorized by the California Constitution or statute or mandated by the federal government.</p>","text":"Each agency shall maintain in its records only personal information which is relevant and necessary to accomplish a purpose of the agency required or authorized by the California Constitution or statute or mandated by the federal government.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/agency-requirements-1798-14","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}