New U.S. DoJ Rule Halts Bulk Data Transfers to Adversarial Nations to Protect Privacy
In accordance with Executive Order (EO) 14117, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has released a final regulation that prohibits the wholesale transfer of personal data belonging to people to nations of concern, including China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.
According to Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department's National Security Division, this final rule is an important step in tackling the tremendous national security threat posed by our adversaries taking advantage of Americans' most private information.
Through outright purchase or other commercial access, this potent new national-security program aims to prevent the sale of Americans' personal information to adversarial foreign countries read more...