nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200831-183827-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200831s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200831-183827-0 doi eng 342 23 Deakin, Simon Author aut Technology and Law Going Mental - Threads and Threats of Brain-Computer Interfaces Deakin, Simon Verfassungsblog 2020-08-31 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 28 August 2020, Neuralink gave a much anticipated update on their progress to connect humans and computers. In the near future, the activities within our brain will be recorded, analysed, and altered, shaking our conception of inaccessible mental processes. A multitude of legal issues will arise, in particular to what extent fundamental and human rights protect mental processes and neurological data collected by (therapeutic or enhancing) brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) from being accessed by states without the individual’s consent. To date, however, there remains a significant gap as neurological data does not enjoy absolute protection from any interference within the existing European human and fundamental rights frameworks. This gap could be remedied by introducing new mental rights. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 brain-computer interfaces ECHR European Charter of Fundamental Rights mental rights privacy Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/technology-and-law-going-mental/ raw object