Shine The Light Law.

Civil Code § 1798.83 [STL; The Shine The Light Law] and Business and Professions Code § 17200 [UCL; The Unfair Competition Law] were at issue in a matter where plaintiff, an internet subscriber who wanted to engage in fantasy football, baseball and basketball, provided his name, email address, date of birth and zip code on the website, owned by defendants. Shine The Light Law requires businesses that share customers’ personal information with third parties for direct marketing to disclose, upon a customer’s request, the names and addresses of third parties who have received personal information and the categories of personal information received. Plaintiff represents a class of people to whom defendant allegedly refused to provide the information Shine The Light Law requires. Defendant demurred, contending plaintiff cannot show it ever shared his personal information with anyone for marketing purposes. The trial court sustained the demurrer without leave to amend. The appellate court affirmed the dismissal pursuant to demurrer because plaintiff has no standing under either Shine The Light Law or UCL to bring this action. (Boorstein v. CBS Interactive, Inc.  (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 4; December 19, 2013.) 222 Cal.App.4th 456, [165 Cal.Rptr.3d 669].)