In recent months, businesses across a wide range of industries
have experienced a notable uptick in requests under California’s “Shine the
Light” law, Civil Code § 1798.83, a little-known and sparsely litigated
provision of the Consumer Records Act. These requests, typically sent by
attorneys on behalf of a California resident who purports to have an
“established business relationship” with the business, seek an accounting of
the categories of personal information that have b…
