SECTIONS 7460-7461 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 7460-7461

7460. This chapter shall be known as the "California Right to
Financial Privacy Act."

7461. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Procedures and policies governing the relationship between
financial institutions and government agencies have in some cases
developed without due regard to citizens' constitutional rights.
(b) The confidential relationships between financial institutions
and their customers are built on trust and must be preserved and
protected.
(c) The purpose of this chapter is to clarify and protect the
confidential relationship between financial institutions and their
customers and to balance a citizen's right of privacy with the
governmental interest in obtaining information for specific purposes
and by specified procedures as set forth in this chapter.