Mind how you use brain data, privacy watchdog warns
Companies in the future may use brain-monitoring technology to watch or hire workers, the data watchdog says.
Neurotech is already used in the healthcare sector, where there are strict regulations, the ICO says.And commercial interest in the technology is growing. In four to five years, the ICO suggests, "as employee tracking expands, the workplace may routinely deploy neurotechnology for safety, productivity and recruitment".
In one admittedly far-fetched example the report imagines in the future neurotechnology-enabled headphones might gather data used to target advertising.are already controlled by devices that take readings of the brain.Tricky questions
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