A new California law extends consumer privacy protection to brainwave data gathered by implants or wearable devices.California is the second state to extend data protections to brainwaves, on the heels of Colorado putting in place a law requiring privacy safeguards along the lines of what is done for fingerprints.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that requires automakers selling internet-connected cars to do more to protect domestic abuse survivors, a move that may expand such safeguards nationwide.

The state extended its current personal privacy law to include the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill to protect tech consumers. The same privacy law that regulates DNA and fingerprints now covers the info that neurotech companies gather about their users.

In the Golden State, your brain waves now receive the same level of protection afforded to other sensitive data.