# California Passes Law To Protect Consumer 'Brain Data' 🧠

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/california-passes-law-to-protect-consumer-brain-data/292815>\
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**Created:** [October 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/california-passes-law-to-protect-consumer-brain-data/292815 "2024-10-05T18:41:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/california-passes-law-to-protect-consumer-brain-data/292815/1 "2024-10-05T18:41:11Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **New Law for Mental Privacy**  
California has updated its Consumer Privacy Act to include protections for “neural data,” which is information from a person’s brain or nerves.

2. **Definition of Neural Data**  
Neural data is defined as information generated by measuring the activity of a consumer’s nervous system, not inferred from other types of data.

3. **Consumer Rights Expanded**  
The law gives consumers the right to know what information is collected about them and the right to delete that information.

4. **Restrictions on Data Use**  
Companies cannot sell or share neural data and must make efforts to deidentify it.

5. **Advocacy for Stronger Protections**  
The Neurorights Foundation supports the law, emphasizing the need for strong protections as neurotechnology grows.

**Read more at:** [GovTech](https://www.govtech.com/health/california-passes-law-to-protect-consumer-brain-data) | [California Legislative Information](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1223) | [Law.com](https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2024/10/01/california-becomes-2nd-state-to-give-brain-waves-data-privacy-protections-with-mixed-reaction/) | [Press Release](https://www.perseus-strategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/California-SB-1223-Press-Release-FINAL.pdf)