Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data
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President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China.

Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc…::President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China.

  • KitEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    What’s stopping a middle man in any other country from buying data and selling it to Russia / China?

    • Glytch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      The incredibly weak threat of not being able to buy more data if they’re caught? Maybe? Doesn’t seem like a big deterrent either way.