Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Block Data Sales to Hostile Countries
Bipartisan legislation introduced Thursday would “create new protections against selling or transferring Americans’ sensitive personal information to high-risk foreign countries.” Introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo.; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.; and Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., the…
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Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Surveillance Act would block bulk export of private data to countries like China. The bill would direct the Commerce Department to identify low-risk countries that would be exempted.