Brain-Scanning Technology Spurs State Moves on Neural Privacy

State legislatures appear to be the first testing grounds in the US for limits to protect each individual’s most private cerebral inner workings from misuse or manipulation by neurotechnology that is rapidly advancing into consumer products.

Lawmakers in at least two states—Colorado and Minnesota—are advancing the consumer data privacy debate into largely uncharted territory, introducing laws that would establish rights and protections for information collected from electrical neural signals. They could pertain to the work of companies such as Meta Platforms Inc., which is developing a noninvasive product to aid those with speech loss to type out their thoughts. ...