FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data | The White House

CoffeeAddict, 2 months ago

Today, President Biden will issue an Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data from exploitation by countries of concern […] prevent the large-scale transfer of Americans’ personal data

[…] focuses on Americans’ most personal and sensitive information, including genomic data, biometric data, personal health data, geolocation data, financial data, and certain kinds of personally identifiable information.

[…]

The President has encouraged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to consider taking steps, consistent with CFPB’s existing legal authorities, to protect Americans from data brokers that are illegally assembling and selling extremely sensitive data, including that of U.S. military personnel.

Additionally, President Biden continues to urge Congress to do its part and pass comprehensive bipartisan privacy legislation, especially to protect the safety of our children.

It’s a start, but the last two paragraphs are probably what actually needs to happen. This executive order only stops the sale of data to “countries of concern” which will probably be defined further by the Department of Justice if it hasn’t already.

It also needs to be emphasized that, while this executive order is a good thing, it doesn’t stop data collection. Only legislative action through congress can stop that.