Biden executive order to target commercial data broker activities
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Kyle Brasseur2024-02-28T20:36:00
A new executive order seeks to put clamps on the sale of Americans’ personal data by data brokers and other companies to certain countries found to be of national security concern.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden issued the order, “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The order directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take the lead on issuing regulations that prohibit or restrict certain categories of data transactions that pose risk to national security.
The order is aimed at thwarting misuse of Americans’ data for the purposes of cyber-enabled activities, espionage, coercion, influence, blackmail, and other malicious means, according to a DOJ fact sheet.
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