California Supreme Courts Holds That Recording Cell Phone Calls Without Consent Is Unlawful and Subjects Recorders to Class Action Exposure
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/04/21
Introduction - The Supreme Court of California, interpreting California Penal Code section 632.7, recently held in Smith v. LoanMe, Inc. that cellular or cordless phone conversations cannot be recorded by nonparties or the parties to the call without consent of the parties. This decision overturned the Court of Appeal’s previous ruling that consent is only required if nonparties, and not the parties to the call, seek to record the conversation. Therefore, companies must ensure that they...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP