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This bill amends California's consumer privacy laws to establish specific protections for neural data collected through brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which are systems allowing direct communication between a person's brain and an external device. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the bill requires businesses that provide BCIs to use neural data strictly for its original collection purpose and mandates that they delete the neural data once that specific purpose has been fulfilled. The legislation defines a "covered business" as any entity making a brain-computer interface available to individuals in California, and it aligns with the broader privacy protection framework established by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. By introducing these targeted restrictions on neural data usage, the bill aims to provide additional safeguards for sensitive personal information generated through emerging brain-computer interface technologies, ensuring that such data is used responsibly and only for its intended purpose.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry, Justice

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB44