On Wednesday, President Joe Biden is scheduled to announce an executive order with the goal of safeguarding American people’ personal information from unfriendly nations.
The decree primarily addresses the practice of businesses and data brokers selling the personal information of individuals. The Biden Administration is worried that there could be hazards to national security if such data is sold to nations that have a track record of gathering and abusing information about Americans.
The Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to gather enormous volumes of American data are particularly concerning, causing legislators and intelligence services to become concerned.
The executive order is centred on protecting sensitive data, including financial, biometric, genetic, geolocation, and other personally identifiable information.
The White House emphasised the possible dangers that could arise from adversarial nations utilising this data to track Americans, pry into their personal lives, and share the information with other data brokers and foreign intelligence services.
Source (CNBC)
