Biden cracks down on US data flows to China, Russia
The HinduU.S. President Joe Biden's administration on February 29 unveiled an executive order barring genomic data transfers to China, as it seeks to protect American personal data over national security concerns. "This is the White House's way of tackling a set of very specific China- and Russia-focused security threats, including the threat posed by genomics companies like BGI," said Peter Harrell, a former National Security Council official, describing genomic information as "extremely high-risk data" and adding there was "little need for that to be processed in China." Filling gaps in national security toolkit "China and Russia are buying American sensitive personal data from data brokers" and leveraging it "to engage in a variety of nefarious activities including malicious cyber-enabled activities, espionage and blackmail," senior administration officials told reporters on Tuesday evening. Responding to Biden’s order, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also said Feb. 28 it would develop rules in 2024 to limit data brokers’ international sale of Americans’ personal data.
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