United StatesManagement of Individuals' Neural Data Act of 2025 (MIND Act)
Introduced in the first chamber, dated , as of .
A sensitive categories rule binding private bodies.
As of .
Where it has got to
The text described here is Introduced in Senate, published .
Locally, this stage is read twice and referred to committee.
The stage above is recorded at www.congress.gov.
Referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; no later action is recorded.
What it requires
- Track the MIND Act of 2025 (S. 2925), which would direct the Federal Trade Commission to study the governance of neural data and other related data that can reveal an individual's mental state; the bill as introduced sets the study and report and states no duty for a business that handles such data.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
The MIND Act of 2025 is a bill to direct the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on the governance of neural data and other related data.
The Commission would study what additional authorities the Federal Government needs to regulate neural data and other related data that can reveal an individual's mental state or activity, best practices for privacy and data security for the private sector, and the extent to which existing laws, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, govern such data.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment, the Commission would submit a report to Congress and publish it on its website. The bill defines neural data as information obtained by measuring the activity of an individual's central or peripheral nervous system through the use of neurotechnology.
When LexLint raises it
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