ADMT (California)

Automated decisionmaking technology under the California CCPA regulations: technology that processes personal information and uses computation to replace, or substantially replace, human decision-making. Using it for significant decisions triggers pre-use notice, opt-out or appeal, access and risk-assessment duties 1.

Developed in
ch. 19, United States
Chapters
ch. 19, Privacy & AI
Contrast with
Automated decision-making (ADM)
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

3 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

ADMT (California): mentions per chapter33 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 9 mentions08 Regulatory Map919 Privacy & AI: 12 mentions19 Privacy & AI1221 AI Laws Worldwide: 12 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide12No mentions in the other 20 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
ADMT (California): mentions per chapter33 mentions of the term across 3 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 9 mentions90810111213141516171819 Privacy & AI: 12 mentions12192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 12 mentions12212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of ADMT (California) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map9No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0No
19 Privacy & AI12Yes
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide12No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Sources

  1. [1] CCPA regulations on automated decisionmaking technology, risk assessments and cybersecurity audits (approved 22 Sep 2025; effective 1 Jan 2026; ADMT definition § 7001(e); opt-out and appeal § 7221). California Privacy Protection Agency. 2025-09-22. https://cppa.ca.gov/regulations/ccpa_updates.html (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). ADMT (California). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/admt-california. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026admtcalifornia,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{ADMT (California)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/admt-california}
}