United States of America: Introduced Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including data localisation requirement
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Description
Introduced Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act including data localisation requirement
On 26 January 2021, the Adversarial Platform Prevention (APP) Act was introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Act introduces data localisation requirements for certain foreign software providers in order to operate in the United States. The Act would apply to software providers whose principal operations are in China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba or other countries designated as "sponsor of terrorism" or who store U.S. consumer data in said nations. Such foreign software providers would be required to store any data collected on US persons in the US.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
Key regulatory dimensions
Regulated subjects
The businesses, government agencies or individuals affected by this policy or regulatory change.
producer / supplier
1
Type
Any
Economic activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content,software provider: app stores,platform intermediary: e-commerce,streaming service provider,digital payment provider (incl. cryptocurrencies)
Category
Location-specific
Policy change by business practice
The detailed activities within the scope of this policy or regulatory change.
personal data (all forms): transfer: cross-border
personal data (all forms): storage (any form)
Regulatory tool
Local storage requirement
Sanctions
Website or service access blocking
Regulated subjects
1