{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1798.14","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1798.14","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 1.8. PERSONAL DATA [1798. - 1798.78.]","CHAPTER 1. Information Practices Act of 1977 [1798. - 1798.78.]","ARTICLE 5. Agency Requirements [1798.14. - 1798.23.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a6169f38487e18c4ac43deace611ae019d420787dc99e25ee39401659dcdabd6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1798.3","next":"us-ca/civ-1798.15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}