Neural & Neurotechnology Data

Detects references to neural / neurotechnology data: brain-computer interface signals, EEG/EMG recordings, evoked potentials, neural decoding output and neurofeedback data. Colorado HB24-1058 and California SB 1223 both classify neural data as sensitive personal information. Topic-grade vocabulary detector, not a fixed-format detector.

Type: keyword_list
Engine: universal
Confidence: low
Confidence justification: Low by design. Neural data is detected by topic vocabulary, not a fixed format, so single-term matches are necessary-not-sufficient. Acronyms like EEG/EMG/BCI/P300 can appear in unrelated engineering or gaming contexts; pair with corroborative keywords (patient, recording, subject, consent) to raise precision.
Jurisdictions: global, us
Regulations: CCPA/CPRA, GDPR
Frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, SOC 2
Data categories: pii, biometric, health
Scope: broad
Risk rating: 8

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:EEG|electroencephalogram|electroencephalography|BCIs?|brain-computer interfaces?|brain computer interfaces?|neural data|neural signals?|neural recordings?|electrode montage|evoked potentials?|neurofeedback|brain activity data|neural interfaces?|EMG|electromyography|electromyograph|P300|fMRI BOLD|BOLD signal|neural decoding|neural spike trains?|neurotechnolog(?:y|ies)|cortical activity|neural oscillations?|local field potentials?)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

neurodata, neural recording, brain activity, electrode, subject, patient, consent, neurotechnology

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

Subject 12: raw EEG recording exported from the headset session. — EEG keyword present in a recording context
The BCI captured neural signal data during the calibration trial. — BCI and neural signal terms present
P300 evoked potential amplitudes were logged per participant. — Evoked potential / P300 neurotechnology terms
fMRI BOLD time series stored alongside the neural decoding output. — fMRI BOLD and neural decoding terms

Should not match

The quarterly sales report shows revenue grew across all regions. — Unrelated business prose, no neural terms
Please update the egg supplier contract before the audit. — Near-miss prose ("egg" is not EEG), no neural vocabulary
The marketing team reviewed the new brand guidelines yesterday. — Unrelated prose with no neurotechnology terms

Known false positives

Acronyms EEG/EMG/BCI/P300/BOLD can appear in unrelated medical-device engineering, signal-processing, or gaming literature without referring to an identifiable person's data. Mitigation: Require corroborative keywords (subject, patient, recording, consent, neurotechnology) within the proximity window and treat single bare-acronym hits as low confidence.