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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.

  • 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}
}