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In March, the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing, Legislation to Protect American Data and National Security from Foreign Adversaries.
In a press release on the hearing, Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said that
Data brokers are harvesting people’s sensitive data, selling or sharing it without their knowledge, and failing to keep it secure. They do this while denying people any say over if and where such personal data is sold and shared, and often without safeguards against foreign adversaries who would use it for nefarious purposes. We look forward to discussing bipartisan legislation to limit how data brokers share people’s sensitive information abroad.
The hearing will consider two bills, H.R. 7521, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act; and H.R. 7520, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024.