The Fear Index
Rank 3 of 17
Privacy and personal data
AI collecting, inferring, selling or exposing people's personal information, or being trained on it, without their knowledge or consent. Watching and identifying people is AI surveillance.
82
on the Fear Index
Bills29
Lobbying filings971
News1,306
Wikipedia2.9K
The receipts
2,929Wikipedia views on this fear in the last 30 days
1,306news articles about it in the last 30 days
29bills, resolutions, rules and orders cite it since January 2025, in 16 states, Puerto Rico and the federal government
31new government controls written into those bills
971federal lobbying filings name it, past year
$70Kspent lobbying on it by advocacy groups, past year
In their own words
The fear as each bill's official summary or text states it, and the controls the same bill would create.
“A supplier of a mental health chatbot may not sell to or share with any third party any”
HB 452, UtahPassedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersUse limitsUtah Division of Consumer Protection“the capture or storage of a biometric identifier of an individual for a commercial purpose based solely on the existence of an image or other media containing one or more biometric identifiers”
HB 149, TexasPassedMandatory reportingNew agency powersUse limits2 offices“establish prohibitions and exceptions for how suppliers are to handle individually identifiable health information”
HB 641, KentuckyNot passedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersKentucky Attorney General“If a client's therapeutic session will be recorded or transcribed through the use of an AI system, the regulated professional must disclose in advance”
HB 1195, ColoradoPassedLabel or AI noticeUse limitsColorado Department of Regulatory Agencies“Requires users of algorithmic decision-making to send corresponding notices to individuals whose personal information is used.”
SB 59, HawaiiNot passedLabel or AI noticeMandatory reportingUse limits
What it's buying
The government controls written into the bills that cite this fear.
Who's funding it
Advocacy groups and foundations lobbying on this fear, past year.
Who benefits
Agencies and officials these bills would hand new power, by number of bills.
- 1Kentucky Attorney General2bills
- 2California Attorney General1bill
- 3Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies1bill
- 4California health care professional licensing boards1bill
- 5Utah Division of Consumer Protection1bill
Everyone else lobbying
Companies, trade groups, think tanks, unions and other groups whose lobbying filings name this fear, past year.
Money, bills and attention
Money on filings naming it
Bills citing it
Wikipedia views
Each dot is 3 bills. Sources: lobbying filings on LDA.gov that name this fear, the bills that cite it, and Wikipedia readership of its articles.
Latest on this fear
- Lobbying filing2026-10-28Electronic Transactions Association filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $550K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 2152, H.R. 2978, H.R. 3074, H.R. 4936, H.R. 5079, H.R. 8671, S. 2019, S. 2983, S. 4782, S. 4951, S. 5051
- Lobbying filing2026-10-27Healthcare Privacy Forum, D/B/A Healthcare Trust Institute filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $30K for the quarter across all its issues
- Lobbying filing2026-10-26Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $270K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 7158, H.R. 7826, H.R. 7943, H.R. 8431, H.R. 9125
- Lobbying filing2026-10-23Zeta Global filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $75K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 8413
- Lobbying filing2026-10-23Business Software Alliance filed a lobbying report that mentions AI, $430K for the quarter across all its issues, naming H.R. 1000, H.R. 2385, H.R. 2417, H.R. 2765, H.R. 3220, H.R. 3788, H.R. 3838, H.R. 3961, H.R. 4142, H.R. 4942, H.R. 633, H.R. 6875, H.R. 7604, H.R. 8189, H.R. 8413, H.R. 8516, H.R. 9442, H.R. 9915, H.R. 9925, S. 1337, S. 1344, S. 1362, S. 146, S. 1746, S. 1748, S. 1792, S. 2081, S. 2558, S. 2750, S. 3150, S. 3597, S. 4570, S. 5368, S. 836
- Bill2026-10-22Puerto Rico PS 1297: Para crear la “Ley para Regular los Chatbots de Salud Mental e Inteligencia Artificial Terapéutica en Puerto Rico”, a los fines de establecer normas… (Derrotado a viva voz)
The bills
The ones carrying the most controls, first.
- PC 1487, Puerto RicoNot passedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersUse limitsRead it on sutra.oslpr.org
- PS 1297, Puerto RicoNot passedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersUse limitsRead it on sutra.oslpr.org
- HB 149, TexasPassedMandatory reportingNew agency powersUse limitsRead it on capitol.texas.gov
- HB 452, UtahPassedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersUse limitsRead it on le.utah.gov
- SB 59, HawaiiNot passedLabel or AI noticeMandatory reportingUse limitsRead it on capitol.hawaii.gov
- SB 540, GeorgiaPassedLabel or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on legis.ga.gov
- HB 641, KentuckyNot passedLabel or AI noticeNew agency powersRead it on apps.legislature.ky.gov
- HB 1195, ColoradoPassedLabel or AI noticeUse limitsRead it on leg.colorado.gov
- A 11662, New YorkNot passedUse limitsRead it on nyassembly.gov
- HB 2666, PennsylvaniaNot passedUse limitsRead it on palegis.us