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Biden orders crackdown on selling Americans’ personal data abroad
It’s not clear if the order affects data brokers in other ways.
Finally, the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector would have to consider personal data threats when reviewing submarine cable licenses. That leaves us with case-by-case regulatory action by agencies like the FTC, which recently banned twobrokers from selling precise location data that could endanger consumers. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), who has been beating the drum for digital privacy for many years, cited one of those bans when he called on the NSA to stop buying location information from data brokers.
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