Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.542 · Article 4. Remote Access by Government Entities
Security of confidential information
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
(a) Secure access and encryption required
If any information in an electronic record that is confidential by law or sealed by court order may lawfully be provided remotely to a government entity, any remote access to the confidential information must be provided through a secure platform, and any electronic transmission of the information must be encrypted.
(b) Vendor contracts and statewide master agreements
A court may enter into a contract with a vendor to provide secure access and encryption services. Alternatively, if a statewide master agreement is available for secure access and encryption services, courts may use that master agreement.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 2.542 adopted effective January 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/two/rule2_542
- Text hash
- sha256 41f97ab56cd0e5266f4420ef211e217e571ddd7f282f0c0b1f10f77a1761607a
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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