The era of unhindered circulation of personal data is a thing of the past.
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill aimed at prohibiting data brokers from selling sensitive American data to foreign organizations, including Chinese ones, as well as companies under their control.
This decision was supported along with another bill requiring TikTok to relinquish Chinese ownership or effectively ban its operations in the United States. Both projects made rapid progress after being approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 7.
Kathy McMorris Rogers and Frank Pallone, the leaders of the above-mentioned committee, said that such a vote result is a clear signal about the inadmissibility of buying sensitive information of Americans by foreign organizations in order to undermine national security and personal privacy.
The bill is seen as an important addition to a broader legislative initiative on data protection, which is still being developed.
The bill aims to counter China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. While welcoming the bill's passage, privacy advocates insist on the need for a more comprehensive data privacy law, which faces delays at the committee's review stage.
Eric Nall, co-director of the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology in the United States, expressed the view that this is another significant step forward for Americans ' privacy, but insisted that the fight for comprehensive data privacy protection is far from over.
Nall also stressed the importance of passing legislation that will reduce the overall amount of data in the online ecosystem by restricting the sale of certain types of data between specific entities.
The bill's passage follows a White House executive order aimed at preventing "foreign adversaries" from accessing sensitive American data.
Brandon Pugh, director and Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats at the R Street Institute, stressed the importance of continuing to monitor progress in this area.
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill aimed at prohibiting data brokers from selling sensitive American data to foreign organizations, including Chinese ones, as well as companies under their control.
This decision was supported along with another bill requiring TikTok to relinquish Chinese ownership or effectively ban its operations in the United States. Both projects made rapid progress after being approved by the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 7.
Kathy McMorris Rogers and Frank Pallone, the leaders of the above-mentioned committee, said that such a vote result is a clear signal about the inadmissibility of buying sensitive information of Americans by foreign organizations in order to undermine national security and personal privacy.
The bill is seen as an important addition to a broader legislative initiative on data protection, which is still being developed.
The bill aims to counter China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. While welcoming the bill's passage, privacy advocates insist on the need for a more comprehensive data privacy law, which faces delays at the committee's review stage.
Eric Nall, co-director of the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology in the United States, expressed the view that this is another significant step forward for Americans ' privacy, but insisted that the fight for comprehensive data privacy protection is far from over.
Nall also stressed the importance of passing legislation that will reduce the overall amount of data in the online ecosystem by restricting the sale of certain types of data between specific entities.
The bill's passage follows a White House executive order aimed at preventing "foreign adversaries" from accessing sensitive American data.
Brandon Pugh, director and Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats at the R Street Institute, stressed the importance of continuing to monitor progress in this area.
