Internet crimes: data collection.

Existing law makes it a crime to engage in various acts constituting an invasion of privacy, such as wiretapping and eavesdropping. Existing law requires the Attorney General to, subject to adequate funding, direct local law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice, in a manner to be prescribed by the Attorney General, any information that may be required relative to hate crimes. This bill would require the Attorney General to direct local law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice, in a manner to be prescribed by the Attorney General, any information that may be required relative to criminal activity that is generated by the misuse of private information gathered from the Internet. The bill would require the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Office of Privacy Protection, to survey local law enforcement agencies to obtain information that tracks the amount and type of criminal activity that is generated by that criminal activity and to publish on the department's Internet Web site the information obtained pursuant to this requirement, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.