The Defending People' Knowledge from Overseas Adversaries Act, or HR 7520, would prohibit knowledge brokers from promoting People' personally identifiable info to international adversaries, together with international locations resembling China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. Knowledge brokers could face penalties from the Federal Commerce Fee if they’re discovered to have offered delicate info, resembling location or well being knowledge, to those international locations. The invoice handed via Parliament, all 414 MPs who voted opted to go it.
McMorris Rodgers and Pallone mentioned in a joint assertion Wednesday that the laws “builds on our efforts within the Home final week to go HR 7521 — with overwhelming and bipartisan assist — and serves as an essential complement to extra complete nationwide knowledge privateness laws , which now we have. stay dedicated to working collectively on.”
In contrast to the TikTok invoice, it doesn’t identify particular person firms. But it surely imposes a broad restrict on the flexibility of knowledge brokers to “promote, license, hire, commerce, switch, launch, disclose, present entry to, or in any other case make obtainable the delicate knowledge of a United States particular person” to international adversaries or organizations which they management. . It additionally provides the Federal Commerce Fee the authority to implement the laws.
Delicate knowledge lined by the invoice contains biometric and genetic info, social safety numbers, well being diagnoses or therapies, and exact geolocation knowledge.
If it passes the Senate and is signed by the president, the invoice would offer a big improve in knowledge privateness for People — however that mentioned, the bar for that’s comparatively low. Speak of a broader privateness regulation has withered in recent times, however Vitality and Commerce leaders say they continue to be hopeful that overwhelming assist for the info dealer invoice can lead Congress to maneuver on extra bold privateness laws. “We’re inspired by right now's sturdy vote, which ought to assist construct momentum to get this essential bipartisan laws, in addition to extra complete privateness laws, handed on this Congress,” McMorris Rodgers and Pallone mentioned of their assertion widespread.