Did the California Legislature Intend for Penal Code Section 632.7, which Concerns the Recording of Communications Transmitted Over Cellular or Cordless Telephones, to Apply to the Parties to a Communication?

California Penal Code section 632.7 imposes criminal liability and, pursuant to Penal Code section 637.2, civil liability upon persons who intercept or receive a communication involving a cellular or cordless telephone and record the communication without consent.  The section and its sister provision, Penal Code section 632, are popular among class action plaintiffs in California as a means to challenge the business practice of recording customer service calls.   

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