(a) The regents and alumni associations may distribute the names, addresses, and email addresses of alumni of the University of California to a business as described in subdivision (b) in order to accomplish any or all of the following: (1) To provide those persons with informational materials relating to the university or college and its programs and activities. (2) To provide those persons, the regents, and the alumni associations with commercial opportunities that provide a benefit to those persons, or to the regents or the alumni associations. (3) To promote and support the educational mission of the university, the regents, or the alumni associations. (b) The disclosures authorized in subdivision (a) shall be permitted only if all of the following requirements are met: (1) (A) The regents or the alumni associations have a written agreement with a business, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1798.80 of the Civil Code, that maintains control over this data that requires the business to maintain the confidentiality of the names, addresses, and email addresses of the alumni, that requires that the University of California retain the right to approve or reject any purpose for which the private information is to be used by the business and to review and approve the text of mailings sent to alumni pursuant to this section, and that prohibits the business from using the information for purposes other than those described in subdivision (a). The text of a mailing intended to be sent to alumni pursuant to this section shall not be approved by the regents or the affected alumni association unless and until the mailing conspicuously identifies the university or the alumni association as associated with the business described in the mailing. (B) If an affinity partner, as defined in Section 4054.6 of the Financial Code, sends any message to an email address obtained pursuant to this section, that message shall include at least both of the following: (i) The identity of the sender of the message. (ii) A cost-free means for the recipient to notify the sender not to electronically transmit any further message to the recipient. (2) The regents or an alumni association shall not disclose to, or share a consumerâs nonpublic personal information with, a business, as defined in paragraph (1), unless the institution, association, or organization has clearly and conspicuously notified the consumer pursuant to subdivision (c), that the nonpublic personal information may be disclosed to the business and that the alumnus has not directed that the nonpublic personal information not be disclosed. (3) The disclosure of alumni names, addresses, and email addresses does not include the names, addresses, and email addresses of alumni who, pursuant to subdivision (c) or in another manner, have directed the regents or an alumni association not to disclose their names, addresses, or email addresses. (4) Information regarding either of the following is not disclosed: (A) The current students of the University of California. (B) An alumnus who, as a student of a campus of the University of California, indicated that, pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (Public Law 93-380), he or she did not wish his or her name, address, and email address to be disclosed. (c) (1) The regents or the affected alumni association shall satisfy the notice requirements of subdivision (b) if it uses the form set forth in paragraph (2). The form set forth in this subdivision or a form that complies with subparagraphs (A) to (J), inclusive, shall be provided by the regents or the alumni association to the alumnus as required in this subdivision, and shall describe the nature of the information the alumnus would receive should the alumnus choose not to opt out, so that the alumnus may make a decision and provide direction to the regents and the alumni association regarding the sharing of his or her name, address, and email address: (A) The form us
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