2024-02-28
Today the White House unveils its EO to Protect Americans' Sensitive Personal Data, “the most significant executive action any President has ever taken to protect Americans' data security.” Short thread about what it is and what it seeks to achieve 🧵👇 https://www.whitehouse.gov/...
Engadget
President Biden signs an EO that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans' personal data like geolocation to “countries of concern”, including China and Russia
The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of concern.”
2023-04-20
Seagate has just been fined $300 million for violating U.S. export controls on Huawei, the largest fine in BIS history. While massive for BIS, this pales in comparison to the largest sanctions fine in history — $9 billion PNB Paribas case. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Seagate agrees to settle with the US Department of Commerce for $300M over shipping $1.1B+ worth of hard drives to Huawei, a violation of US export control laws
April 19 Reuters) - Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX.O) has agreed to pay a $300 million penalty in a settlement …
2023-01-30
The intersection of the Berman Amendment and new rules for governing digital trade deserves far more attention. Can we govern the outflow of data? What kind of data = speech? Should we distinguish between commercial and personal data? If so, where do we draw the line? https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew plans to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, the first appearance by a TikTok CEO before Congress
Republicans are expected to use hearing to highlight security and privacy concerns over video app — TikTok Offers More Transparency to Win Over U.S. Regulators
The intersection of the Berman Amendment and new rules for governing digital trade deserves far more attention. Can we govern the outflow of data? What kind of data = speech? Should we distinguish between commercial and personal data? If so, where do we draw the line? https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
The US' Berman amendments, passed during the Cold War to protect the free flow of content between the US and hostile countries, may complicate a TikTok ban
One can think of many reasons to worry about TikTok … Rose Horowitch / NBC News : TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March amid app security questions CNBC : Europe's crackdo...