California Consumer Privacy Act, voice recordings as biometric information (Cal. Civ. Code 1798.140(c))
Under California's privacy law a voice recording from which a voiceprint can be extracted is biometric information, which the law treats as sensitive personal information.
Dated 28 Oct 2026Source checked 28 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Biometric information includes, but is not limited to, imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted,”
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