Rental passenger vehicle transactions: electronic surveillance technology: AMBER Alert.

Existing law generally governs the transactions between a rental company, also referred to as a rental car company, and its customers, including, among other provisions, restrictions on a rental company's use of electronic surveillance technology. Existing law, as part of those restrictions, prohibits a rental company from using, accessing, or obtaining any information relating to the renter's use of the rental vehicle that was obtained using electronic surveillance technology, except under specified circumstances. This bill would additionally authorize that electronic surveillance technology to be used, accessed, or obtained by a rental company in circumstances in which the rental vehicle is the subject of an AMBER Alert. The bill would require a rental company, if it uses the equipment in this manner, to notify law enforcement that one of the rental company's vehicles is the subject of an AMBER Alert upon becoming aware of the situation, except as specified.