New Bill Would Ban AI Firms from Selling Your Health Data
AI chatbots are increasingly asking users to share sensitive medical details, from MRI scans to symptoms. A revamped federal proposal would make it illegal for tech companies to sell that health information and location data to data brokers. A group of lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon plans to introduce the updated Health and Location Data Protection Act in the coming weeks. The revised bill explicitly covers information people type into services like ChatGPT and Claude. It would empower the Federal Trade Commission to write enforcement rules within six months and let regulators, state attorneys general, and everyday citizens file lawsuits against violators. The legislation also sets aside $1 billion over the next decade to help the FTC police these sales. The push comes as major AI labs launch dedicated health tools and encourage users to upload medical records, even though the United States still has no overarching federal privacy law to guard that information.
The new proposal bans selling health and location data info — including data entered into your favorite AI chatbot.
