Privacy Notice

The Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) values the security and privacy of your personal information and is committed to protecting your privacy rights, as detailed in Article 1 of the Constitution of California, Information Practices Act of 1977 ( Civil Code, section 1798, et seq.), California Public Records Act (Gov. Code section 7920 et sec.), and other applicable laws pertaining to information privacy.  In accordance with these laws, it is our policy to limit the collection and safeguard the privacy of personal information collected or maintained by the ALRB.

 Information Collected

We collect personal information only through lawful means and for specific purposes set forth below and as enumerated at or prior to the time of collection, in a privacy notice included on or with the form used to collect personal information.

Submission of an Unfair Labor Practice Charge: The ALRB collects personal information such as your name, home address, home telephone number, and employment history.  The ALRB may also collect information necessary to calculate wages owed such as employee ID numbers, social security and or Tax ID numbers. We use this information to investigate, prosecute and remedy Unfair Labor Practice charges. The ALRB does not ask about immigration status or collect any information about immigration status, except for when someone specifically requests from the ALRB a letter of support for an immigration-related benefit such as a T or U Visa, or deferred action.

 Attending Board Meetings: When you attend Board meetings in person, you may provide your name and email address. When you attend via Zoom, you may reveal some information such as your name, IP address, email address and phone number.

Emails or Public Records Act (PRA) Requests to the ALRB: When you email the ALRB or make a request under the PRA, you may provide us with your name, address, email address and the content of your email.

Public Comments during Rulemaking or Board Meetings: When you speak or comment during the ALRB’s rulemaking activities or during Board meetings, you may provide your name, contact information (e.g., email address, phone number, mailing address), and other personal information in the contents of the comment.

Joining an email list: When you join a listserv offered by the ALRB, you may provide us with your email address.

Website: The ALRB uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use this website so that the site can be improved. Based on the user’s interaction with our site, the Google Analytics persistent cookies may collect data such as the date, time spent during the session, browser used, traffic source, and geolocation.   You can read the privacy policy for Google Analytics here. If you do not enable cookies, some functions of our site may not work properly. Users always have the option of clearing the browser cache after the site visit, which will delete the cookie.     The Google Analytics cookie resides in a user’s browser for two years. You can choose not to have your data collected by Google Analytics by downloading their opt-out browser add-on.

Use of Your Personal Information

The personal information we obtain will be used for the purposes for which it was provided and in accordance with the duties required under the Agricultural Labor Relations Act. (Lab. Code section 1140 et seq.) For example, this includes:

• The investigation, prosecution and remedying of Unfair Labor Practice charges
• The investigation of election petitions and majority support petitions
• Sharing information with other State of California entities for the purpose of making referrals and for joint enforcement of workers’ rights
• Facilitating the public’s participation in the Board’s public meetings
• Facilitating the public’s participation in the ALRB’s rulemaking process as required by the Administrative Procedures Act
• Addressing inquiries such as Public Records Act requests

Disclosure and Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information. Personal information will not be disclosed, made available or otherwise used for purposes other than those specified, except with your consent, or as authorized by law or regulation.

We will not distribute or sell any electronically collected personal information about users to any third party without the written permission of the user.

Public Record Disclosures

Your personal information may be part of a public record that could be subject to a Public Records Act Request. The California Public Records Act (PRA), Gov. Code section 7920 et seq., gives the public the right to inspect government records upon request, with some exemptions. For example, the ALRB is exempt from disclosing portions of public records that contain personnel, medical or similar files for ALRB employees, and most records pertaining to pending cases. Electronically collected personal information is also exempt from disclosure in response to PRA requests.

In response to a PRA request, we will redact personal information if an exemption applies or if required to do so by other laws. Exemptions for disclosure may apply depending on what information is being sought and what applicable law may control.

How We Protect Your Information

 The ALRB takes steps to secure personal information against loss, damage, modification, unauthorized access, or disclosure as required by federal and California Law, and the State Administrative Manual policy. Information voluntarily provided by you will be protected by the appropriate computer, network, and internet technical security controls at the employee and departmental level to prevent unauthorized access. Some of these security controls include password and user identification verification, data encryption, confidential transmissions, secure storage areas, and audit trails.

ALRB employees shall not require an individual to disclose personal information that is not necessary and relevant to a lawful State function of the ALRB.  Each employee responsible for the maintenance of personal records shall take those precautions reasonably necessary to ensure that proper administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are established and followed in order to protect the confidentiality of records containing personal information and to ensure that such records are not disclosed to unauthorized individuals or entities.

Your Rights

In accordance with the Information Practices Act, you have the right to review the personal information we have collected about you and request correction of any personal information that is not accurate, relevant, timely or complete. You also have the right to have any electronically collected personal information deleted by the ALRB without reuse or distribution. To make such a request contact our Executive Secretary at the contact information provided below.

The ALRB shall make every reasonable effort to see that inquiries and requests relating to personal records of individuals are responded to promptly. The ALRB shall assist individuals who seek information pertaining to themselves in making their inquiries sufficiently specific and descriptive so as to facilitate locating the records. The ALRB shall make a genuine effort to assist individuals whose comprehension of English is insufficient to enable them to understand information on the records.

 Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update and revise the privacy policy posted on this page If the changes are significant.

Effective date: 05/29/2018

Revised date: 3/25/2026

Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or would like to contest accuracy of your personal information or request deletion of your electronically collected personal information, please contact us at the below contact information:

Info@alrb.ca.gov