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Protecting sensitive data has never been more important. In a globalized world of advanced cyber threats, sophisticated espionage techniques, and external data monetization, increased security is crucial to safeguard...more
The U.S. Department of Justice has added a new weapon to its enforcement arsenal, aimed at enhancing its ability to prevent foreign adversaries from accessing and exploiting government related data and sensitive personal data...more
U.S. companies are running out of time to comply with a sweeping new Department of Justice (DOJ) rule that limits sharing sensitive personal data with certain foreign countries—including China, Russia, and Iran. With a hard...more
The guide outlines the requirements of a newly implemented Data Security Program designed to prevent China, Russia and other foreign adversaries designated by the U.S. Department of Justice from accessing American’s sensitive...more
On April 11, 2025, the Department of Justice's National Security Division (NSD) issued additional guidance to assist U.S. organizations in understanding and complying with the Data Security Program (DSP). As discussed in our...more
The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (PADFA or the Act) was signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24 as part of a larger foreign aid appropriations bill. Although other portions of the...more
On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, a national security and foreign aid package which includes the “Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024” (“PADFA”). The Act establishes new...more
On April 24, 2024, Congress made headlines by passing a complex foreign aid package, which included the much-discussed TikTok “divest-or-ban” legislation. What received less attention was the Protecting Americans’ Data from...more
President Biden recently signed into law the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act as a part of H.R. 815, an emergency appropriations bill that primarily provides assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan....more
In addition to its well-publicized move to prohibit more than 150 million Americans from posting embarrassing dance videos of themselves on TikTok (at least while it is Chinese-owned), the U.S. federal government recently...more
On March 20, 2024 the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a privacy-related bill, H.R. 7520 (the “Data Broker Bill).” This comes on the heels of another privacy-related bill approved by the House on March 13,...more
On March 20, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Resolution 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, targeting companies that sell sensitive information to “foreign adversaries.” ...more
President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14083 on September 15, 2022, establishing five factors for reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and areas of heightened scrutiny for transactions...more
Five US senators recently introduced legislation that would amend US export control laws to protect sensitive personal data. The bipartisan bill, titled the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2022,...more
Key Points - On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department published an interim final rule (IFR) to implement Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019, on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and...more
The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors,...more