Fact · Voice privacy and security
In Kearney, the California Supreme Court said that if a business tells a caller at the start of a telephone call that it is being recorded, the recording would not violate California's statute.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“if a business informs a client or customer at the outset of a telephone call that the call is being recorded, the recording would not violate the applicable California statute”
Kearney v. Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. (2006) 39 Cal.4th 95, Supreme Court of California, Supreme Court of California, 2006, Opinion, Part IV.
Open the original- What it measures
- The court said the Georgia firm could keep recording all such calls if it informed clients at the outset that the calls were recorded, and that the rule would not stop that practice.
- What it does not show
- This is a statement in the court's reasoning about one firm's practice. It is not a general rule that any notice is enough in every state.