California enacts law to protect brain data

Musk envisions Neuralink implants going beyond restoring sight to the blind to giving people infrared or ultraviolet vision or letting them share concepts with others telepathically. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices.

Governor Gavin Newsom over the weekend signed into law a bill amending the California Consumer Privacy Act, the state's spin on the GDPR in Europe, to classify "neural data" as protected personal information along the lines of precise geolocation, genetics and biometrics.