US Plans New Rules to Protect Personal Data from Countries Like China and Russia

On Monday, the US Justice Department suggested new rules to protect important government data and personal information of Americans from being accessed by countries like China, Iran, and Russia. These rules would limit certain business deals to prevent foreign countries from getting hold of sensitive data.

This move follows an executive order issued by President Joe Biden earlier this year. The goal is to stop foreign adversaries from using American data, like financial and health information, for cyberattacks, spying, or blackmail. Besides China, Russia, and Iran, the rules would also apply to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea.

The US has been working for years to stop personal data from flowing into countries like China. For example, in 2018, the US blocked a plan by China’s Ant Financial to buy an American company, MoneyGram, because they were worried about the safety of data that could identify US citizens.

What the New Rules Say

For the first time, the Justice Department gave specific examples of the data that cannot be shared. This includes:

• Genomic data (information about people’s genes) of more than 100 Americans
• Health or financial data of over 10,000 people
• Exact location data from over 1,000 American devices

These rules would also allow the government to punish companies that break them, with both criminal and civil penalties.

Impact on Chinese Apps

US officials said that popular Chinese apps like TikTok could be affected if they send sensitive user data back to their parent company in China.

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