LAW & POLICY
A concise policy tracker linking directly to authoritative sources. This page distinguishes binding law from standards, recommendations, and proposals.
Article 18 protects freedom of thought, conscience, and religion and prohibits coercion that would impair the freedom to hold or adopt a belief.
UN Human Rights source →Adopted by UNESCO’s General Conference in November 2025, the Recommendation establishes a global normative framework for ethical neurotechnology and safeguards for human dignity and rights.
UNESCO official record →Colorado expanded its privacy law’s sensitive-data protections to include biological data and defined neural data generated by measuring the central or peripheral nervous system.
Colorado General Assembly →California amended its consumer privacy law to include neural data within sensitive personal information. The measure was chaptered on September 28, 2024.
California Legislative Information →This tracker summarizes authoritative records for orientation and is not legal advice. Statuses and dates should be read with the linked primary source.