United States of America: Implemented Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024
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Implemented Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024
On 23 June 2024, the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 entered into force. The US President signed the Act as part of HR 815. The Act prohibits data brokers from selling, renting, trading, transferring, or otherwise providing access to personally identifiable sensitive data of a US individual to foreign adversary countries or entities controlled by foreign adversaries.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, other service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
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2024-04-17
under deliberation
2024-04-20
under deliberation
2024-04-23
adopted
2024-04-24
adopted