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How Is This Bill Enforced
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(a)(1)–(3) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(1)" means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments. (2) "DeveloperDeveloper"Developer" means a person, partnership, state or local government agency, or corporation that designs, codes, or produces an automated decision tool, or substantially modifies an artificial intelligence system or service for the intended purpose of making, or being a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions, whether for its own use or for use by a third party.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(2)" means a person, partnership, state or local government agency, or corporation that designs, codes, or produces an automated decision tool, or substantially modifies an artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(1) system or service for the intended purpose of making, or being a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions, whether for its own use or for use by a third party. (3) "MinorMinor"Minor" means a natural person under 18 years of age.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(3)" means a natural person under 18 years of age.
(b) 1 A developerDeveloper"Developer" means a person, partnership, state or local government agency, or corporation that designs, codes, or produces an automated decision tool, or substantially modifies an artificial intelligence system or service for the intended purpose of making, or being a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions, whether for its own use or for use by a third party.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(2) shall not use a minorMinor"Minor" means a natural person under 18 years of age.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(3)'s sensitive personal information to train an artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence"Artificial intelligence" means an engineered or machine-based system that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers from the input it receives how to generate outputs that can influence physical or virtual environments.Civ. Code § 1798.199.41(a)(1) system or service.
(c) This section shall be enforced by the agency.
This section establishes a categorical prohibition against developers using minors' sensitive personal information to train artificial intelligence systems or services. The term "sensitive personal information" is not independently defined here — it inherits its meaning from the existing CCPA definition at Civil Code § 1798.140(ae). The prohibition is absolute: no consent mechanism, business justification, or opt-out procedure is offered as an alternative.
The definition of developer is notably broad, encompassing not only private entities but also state and local government agencies, and extending to those who "substantially modify" AI systems — a scope that reaches well beyond original model creators. Enforcement is vested exclusively in the California Privacy Protection Agency, with no private right of action created.
The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.
This section contains the required legislative finding that the bill furthers the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (Proposition 24). This finding is a procedural prerequisite under the CPRA, which authorizes the Legislature to amend the act only by majority vote and only to further the act's purposes and intent. The provision creates no independent compliance obligation.