Information pertaining to assessed businesses obtained by the director pursuant to this chapter is confidential and shall not be disclosed except to a person with the right to obtain the information, any attorney hired by the director who is employed to give legal advice upon it, or by court order. Information obtained by the director in order to determine the assessment level for an assessed business is exempt from the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1).
Source:
Section 13995.54, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=13995.54..