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Rules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Confidential Information Form for Doxing Cases (Action Required)
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Summary
Assembly Bill 1979 (Stats. 2024, ch. 557) creates a private cause of action against a person who publishes private information about an individual on the internet (referred to as “doxing”). The bill creates a statutory procedure to allow plaintiffs in these cases to use a pseudonym and requires the Judicial Council to adopt or revise forms as necessary to implement that procedure. The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends revising one form to fulfill this statutory mandate.
Recommendation
The Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2026, revise Confidential Information Form Under Civil Code Section 1708.85 (form MC-125) to implement the statutory procedure for using a pseudonym when bringing a case under Civil Code section 1708.89.