This bill, which already passed the Senate last year, could form the basis of future lawmaking in the field of human rights in other countries as advances in technology are applied to the mind and the brain
A new law in Chile intends to safeguard people's "neurodata" and establish limits on how the contents of a person's brain can be analyzed and modified.
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Chilean lawmakers on Wednesday approved a law establishing the rights to personal identity, free will and mental privacy, becoming the first country in the world to legislate on neurotechnology that can manipulate one's mind.
This bill, which already passed the Senate last year, could form the basis of future lawmaking in field of human rights in other countries in the face of advances in technology applied to the mind and the brain.