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title: "Neural data"
description: "Information generated by measuring the activity of a person's central or peripheral nervous system."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/neural-data
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
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# Neural data

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](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/privacy-and-ai#consumer-health-and-neural-data)
- Chapters: [ch. 19, Privacy & AI](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/privacy-and-ai)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-neural-data

## Sources

[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)