(a) Purpose
This rule sets forth procedures for the adoption and maintenance of judicial branch guidelines for technology and data security.
(b) Adoption and maintenance of guidelines
(1) The Information Technology Advisory Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Judicial Council regarding guidelines for technology and data security.
(2) Before recommending to the Judicial Council the adoption of any new guidelines or substantive amendments to the guidelines, the Information Technology Advisory Committee must make the proposed guidelines available to the entities listed in (c) for 30 days for comment.
(3) The Judicial Council delegates to the Technology Committee the authority to make nonsubstantive technical changes or corrections to the guidelines. Upon the recommendation of the Information Technology Advisory Committee, the Technology Committee may approve nonsubstantive technical changes or corrections to the guidelines without the comment period required in (b)(2) and without approval by the Judicial Council.
(c) Application of guidelines
The guidelines for technology and data security apply to the Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeal, the superior courts, and the Judicial Council.
(d) Disclosure of guidelines
The guidelines for technology and data security are exempt from public disclosure consistent with the provisions of rule 10.500 that exempt records whose disclosure would compromise the security of a judicial branch entity
Rule 10.405 was adopted effective July 1, 2025.