As mind-reading technology improves, Colorado passes first-in-nation law to protect privacy of our thoughts

Summary:

• Colorado passes first-in-nation law to protect privacy of biological or brain data, which is similar to fingerprints if used to identify people.
• Advances in artificial intelligence have led to medical breakthroughs, including devices that can read minds and alter brains.
• Neurotechnology devices, such as Emotiv and Somnee, are used for health care and can move computers with thoughts or improve brain function and identify impairments.
• Most of these devices are not regulated by the FDA and are marketed for wellness.
• With benefits come risks, such as insurance companies discriminating, law enforcement interrogating, and advertisers manipulating brain data.
• Medical research facilities are subject to privacy laws, but private companies amassing large caches of brain data are not.
• The Neurorights Foundation found that two-thirds of these companies are already sharing or selling data with third parties.
• The new law takes effect on Aug. 8, but it is unclear which companies are subject to it and how it will be enforced.
• Pauzauskie and the Neurorights Foundation are pushing for a federal law and even a global accord to prevent brain data from being used without consent.

Ticking time bomb! Think of the children!!! Law or no law, this will be abused if it can be. Having the law is still a good thing I guess.

Next up in the dystopian cyberpunk pipeline: in-brain data encryption technology with a programmed tamper killswitch. Like that shit in the movie "Elysium".

Aren't you guys loving this ride so far?

Will this law protecting self incriminating myself if feds use it to gather evidences?

If it could identify you or be used for identification purposes it will fall into at least CAs personal information/biometric information definition I believe…