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Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data
For builders, this signals that data privacy regulations are extending to AI interactions, requiring proactive compliance in workflow design.
What happened
Lawmakers are preparing to reintroduce the Health and Location Data Protection Act with updates for the AI era, according to The Verge AI. The bill, originally proposed in 2022, would ban data brokers from collecting and selling health and location data. The new version expands to prohibit other companies, including AI chatbot providers like ChatGPT or Claude, from selling such data to brokers. This means that information users reveal to an AI assistant could be protected. The legislation is being spearheaded by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon. For developers building AI workflows, this underscores the need to plan for data privacy compliance. If passed, tools that handle sensitive user data may need to implement stricter data handling practices. The practical angle is that builders should consider data minimization and user consent mechanisms from the start.
Key takeaways
- A new version of the Health and Location Data Protection Act bans the sale of health and location data to brokers, expanding to cover AI chatbot companies like ChatGPT and Claude.
- The bill is reintroduced by Senator Warren and Representative Scanlon, updating a 2022 proposal that only targeted data brokers.
- The legislation aims to protect user data revealed to AI chatbots from being sold to third-party brokers.
- Builders of AI workflows may need to adjust their data handling and privacy practices to comply if the bill passes.
Why it matters
For builders, this signals that data privacy regulations are extending to AI interactions, requiring proactive compliance in workflow design.
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