California Consumer Privacy Act, right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.121(a))
Sensitive personal information (health, precise location, message contents and more) carries a separate right to limit, so licensing it for AI training is the hardest case.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“A consumer shall have the right, at any time, to direct a business that collects sensitive personal information about the consumer to limit its use of the consumer’s sensitive personal information to that use which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sell (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(1))
- California Consumer Privacy Act, transfer in a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy is not a sale (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ad)(2)(C))
- California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of deidentified (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(m))
- California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of service provider (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ag)(1))
- California Consumer Privacy Act, right to opt out of sale or sharing (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.120(a))
- California Consumer Privacy Act, definition of sensitive personal information (contents of messages) (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(ae)(1)(E))
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