Peter Swire, Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, has co-authored a detailed article in Lawfare, "Limiting Data Broker Sales in the Name of U.S. National Security: Questions on Substance and Messaging," analyzing the Biden Administration’s new … [Read more] about Article: Executive Order to Limit Sales of Americans’ Sensitive Data to Adversarial Foreign Governments
Today, the White House announced that President Biden will sign an executive order designed to protect sensitive data of U.S. persons from exploitation by identified countries of concern. This executive order is expected to be published later today, … [Read more] about White House Executive Order to Regulate Transactions Involving Sensitive Personal Data of Americans
Recently, there has been a surge in alerts and warnings concerning cyberattacks by People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored threat actors on U.S. critical infrastructure. On February 7, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the … [Read more] about FBI and CISA Warn of Chinese Cyberattacks on U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Theodore Christakis, Professor of International Law at the University Grenoble Alpes and Senior Fellow and Director of Research for Europe at the Cross-Border Data Forum, has published a new comprehensive analysis on cross-border transfers of … [Read more] about CBDF Research Fellow Theodore Christakis Publishes Study on Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU’s “Zero Risk” Approach
On January 25, 2024, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released documents that confirm U.S. intelligence agencies are purchasing location and other sensitive personal information from data brokers without the consent of the data subjects. The FTC has recently … [Read more] about Declassified Intelligence Community Letters Highlight Importance of Monitoring Outbound Data Flows