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Inferred sensitive data

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Sensitive information a system derives from ordinary inputs (health from purchases, beliefs from behaviour) or carries through a proxy feature. Washington's My Health My Data Act covers health data derived by algorithms or machine learning 1; proxy tests and inference policies make it checkable.

Developed in
ch. 19, Inferred and proxy sensitive data
Chapters
ch. 19, Privacy & AI
Contrast with
Special category data
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

The term is not used under this name in running prose; the sections listed under "Developed in" treat it.

  • Machine learning

    The branch of AI in which a system improves at a task by learning patterns from data rather than by following rules people wrote.

Sources

  1. [1] Chapter 19.373 RCW, Washington My Health My Data Act (consumer health data includes data derived or extrapolated from non-health information, incl. by algorithms or machine learning). Washington State Legislature. 2023. https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=19.373&full=true (verified: primary)

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

Cite this term

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

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026inferredsensitivedata,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Inferred sensitive data}},
  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/inferred-sensitive-data}
}