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Article 18/10/2021

Liability under California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) expanded by California Supreme Court decision

Earlier this year, in Smith v. LoanMe, Inc., a case interpreting California Penal Code section 632.7, the California Supreme Court held that cellular or cordless phone conversations cannot be recorded by either nonparties or parties to the call without consent. LoanMe overturned a California Court of Appeal’s ruling that consent is required only if nonparties, and not the parties to the call, recorded the conversation.  

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