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NLJ this week: Privacy creep in the brave new world of neurotech

11 October 2024
Issue: 8089 / Categories: Legal News , Technology , Privacy , Data protection , Profession
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Delving into the realms of what feels like sci-fi but is actually already here, Harry Lambert, barrister at Crown Office Chambers and founder of the Institute of Neurotechnology & Law, continues his fascinating NLJ series on neurorights

In this article, he focuses on neurotechnology and its intersection with privacy rights.

Scenarios include the use of brain waves as biometric security ‘with users thinking a particular phrase or singing their favourite song (in their heads) to gain access to the device’.

Lambert writes: ‘If we are not careful, the pact society makes with Big Tech is going to become increasingly Faustian.’

He considers a variety of causes of action: breach of confidence, misuse of private information, and breach of the General Data Protection Regulation.

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Freeths—Louise Mahon

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