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In late April 2024, the U.S. enacted the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act. In addition to approving aid for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine and advancing other U.S. policy objectives, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act establishes the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 (the “Act”), which prohibits “data brokers” from making available personally identifiable sensitive data of U.S. individuals to “foreign adversary countries” — namely, North Korea, the People’s Republic…

On February 28, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 (the EO) directing the US Attorney General and other agencies to promulgate regulations that restrict and, in some cases, prohibit transactions that might involve the sharing of sensitive personal data and government-related data with “countries of concern” (currently China, including Hong Kong and Macau, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela). In tandem, the Department of Justice (DoJ) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)…