The provisions of subdivisions (k) and (l) of Section 1785.16 do not apply to a consumer reporting agency that acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer reporting agency or agencies, and that does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new credit reports are produced.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1029, Sec. 2. Effective September 28, 2002.)