# Your Right To Mental Privacy In The Age Of Brain-Sensing Tech ## Overview **Authors:** Nita Farahany **Publication Date:** 1 April 2023 **Link:** **Keywords:** Consumer neurotechnology, brain sensors, neurodata privacy, cognitive liberty, freedom of thought, neuroethics, brain-computer interfaces, mental health applications, neurological disease detection, human rights in neurotech **Type:** Video ## Summary Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires could be at risk of exploitation, says neurotech and AI ethicist Nita Farahany. She details some of the field's promising potential uses -- like tracking and treating diseases from depression to epilepsy -- and shares concerns about who collects our brain data and how they plan to use it, ultimately calling for the legal recognition of "cognitive liberty" as we connect our brains and minds to technology. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://library.xrguild.org/privacy-and-policy/your-right-to-mental-privacy-in-the-age-of-brain-sensing-tech.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.