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States Pass Privacy Laws to Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices
COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, JUL 16 – New laws require businesses to safeguard brain data generated outside medical settings as neurotechnology advances, with unanimous support and calls for national neural rights legislation.
- The Colorado statute stands out as the first comprehensive AI framework, Tyler Thompson said, taking effect on Feb. 1, 2026, and requiring companies to plan for compliance.
- Advocates for brain data protection raised concerns years ago about neural data use, cautioning that current devices gather basic info while future tech could extract sensitive personal details.
- Risk management frameworks and stringent consent measures define the new protections, as Colorado and Montana require express consent before neural data collection and sharing.
- Several Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation asked the FTC to investigate potential brain data exploitation, and a failed federal freeze has created a patchwork of state regulations for U.S. companies with national operations.
- For Daniel Zolnikov, Montana’s law points toward a national neural data privacy framework, while Sean Pauzauskie said AMA-backed efforts pave the way for broader regulations.
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Colorado among states with new privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices
By Kate Ruder, KFF Health News More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings. That includes headp…
Colorado among states to pass privacy laws protecting brain data collected by devices
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. Colorado, California and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings. That includes headphones, earbuds, and other wearab…
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States Pass Privacy Laws To Protect Brain Data Collected by Devices
More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings. That includes headphones, earbuds, and other weara…
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More states are passing laws to protect information generated by a person’s brain and nervous system as technology improves the ability to unlock the sensitive details of a person’s health, mental states, emotions, and cognitive functioning. Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings. That includes headphones, earbuds, and other weara…
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