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The Verge
6/29/2026
Congress wants to ban AI companies from selling your health data

Congress wants to ban AI companies from selling your health data

Short summary

Congress is advancing the Health and Location Data Protection Act to ban AI companies and data brokers from selling Americans' health and location data, specifically targeting information shared with chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude. The expanded 2022 bill represents significant regulatory pressure on AI companies handling sensitive user information. Founders and product managers need to assess compliance implications for AI features that collect or process health/location data.

  • New legislative push to ban sale of health and location data to brokers
  • Specifically targets data revealed to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude
  • High impact for AI founders and product managers on data handling strategy

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