What is Biometric Data in the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (“OCPA”)?

What is Biometric Data in the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (“OCPA”)?

Biometric data means personal data generated by automatic measurements of a consumer’s biological characteristics, such as the consumer’s fingerprint, voiceprint, retinal pattern, iris pattern, gait or other unique biological characteristics that allow or confirm the unique identification of the consumer.

 

Biometric data does not include:

(A) A photograph recorded digitally or otherwise;

(B) An audio or video recording;

(C) Data from a photograph or from an audio or video recording, unless the data were generated for the purpose of identifying a specific consumer or were used to identify a particular consumer; or

(D) Facial mapping or facial geometry, unless the facial mapping or facial geometry was generated for the purpose of identifying a specific consumer or was used to identify a specific consumer.

 

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