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Neural data

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Information generated by measuring the activity of a person's central or peripheral nervous system. California treats it as sensitive personal information 1, which switches on consent and assessment duties for AI systems that read wearables or brain-computer interfaces.

Developed in
ch. 19, Consumer-health and neural data
Chapters
ch. 19, Privacy & AI
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Neural data: mentions per chapter2 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter19 Privacy & AI: 2 mentions19 Privacy & AI2No mentions in the other 22 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Neural data: mentions per chapter2 mentions of the term across 1 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapter00010203040506070810111213141516171819 Privacy & AI: 2 mentions21920212223Source: 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 Neural data 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 Map0No
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 & AI2Yes
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

Sources

  1. [1] SB 1223, Consumer privacy: sensitive personal information: neural data (neural data added to sensitive personal information under the CCPA; Chapter 887, Statutes of 2024). California Legislature. 2024-09-28. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1223 (verified: primary)

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

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Neural 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/neural-data. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026neuraldata,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Neural 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/neural-data}
}