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Lawmakers push for neural data protections as wearable devices surge

Two more states enacted laws this year.

Austin Jenkins

06:00 AM, Oct 03, 2025

A CES attendee wears an iSync Wave EEG helmet at the iMediSync booth during the CES tech show, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. iSyncWave is the first-ever integrated EEG and neurotherapeutics device that provides telemental care through an AI digital brain health platform. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Two more states enacted laws this year to protect people’s brain privacy, after California and Colorado passed first-in-the-nation protections last year. 

Lawmakers in Connecticut and Montana amended existing privacy laws to incorporate protections for neural data.

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