Fact · Voice privacy and security
The CCPA defines biometric information to include voice recordings, from which a template such as a voiceprint can be extracted.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“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”
California Civil Code section 1798.140 (CCPA definitions), California Legislature, via california.public.law, 2018, Section 1798.140(c).
Open the original- What it measures
- This is the broad definition. A voice recording falls within biometric information under the CCPA even when nobody uses it to identify anyone.
- What it does not show
- The broad definition is not the same as the sensitive category. The sensitive category applies only when the processing is for uniquely identifying a consumer (see the next fact).