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Montana joins the list of states that have passed privacy laws to protect brain data collected by devices

July 24, 2025/

Montana Legislature

Advocates for brain data protection caution that future technologies could extract information about people’s medical conditions or innermost thoughts.
Colorado, California, and Montana are among the states that have recently required safeguarding brain data collected by devices outside of medical settings. That includes headphones, earbuds, and other wearable consumer products that aim to improve sleep, focus, and aging by measuring electrical activity and sending the data to an app on users’ phones.


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