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Committee hears calls for rules on biometric and neural technologies; bills would add accountability
Summary
Testimony pressed the joint committee to regulate private use of biometric recognition and emerging consumer neurotechnology: sponsors proposed fiduciary responsibilities for firms using biometrics and a Neural Data Privacy Act to limit collection, sale and reuse of neural signals.
Legislators heard testimony urging new guardrails for private uses of biometric recognition and emerging consumer neurotechnology. Witnesses described how facial recognition, biometric profiling and brain‑data devices can identify and track people without their consent, and argued for new statutory protections.
Biometric recognition: Senator testifiers and privacy advocates urged accountability rules for facial recognition used by private firms. Supporters proposed stricter limits on commercial face‑recognition and broader enforcement authority to…
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