CNN —President Joe Biden will issue an executive order on Wednesday aimed at curbing foreign governments’ ability to buy Americans’ sensitive personal information such as heath and geolocation data, according to senior US officials.
The department will also issue regulations that require better protection of sensitive government information, including geolocation data on US military members, according to US officials.
“Countries of concern, such as China and Russia, are buying Americans’ sensitive personal data from data brokers,” a separate senior administration official told reporters.
In addition to health and location data, the executive order is expected to cover other sensitive information like genomic and financial data.
Administration officials told reporters the new executive order would be applied narrowly so as not to hurt business transactions that do not pose a national security risk.
Persons:
Joe Biden
Organizations:
CNN, Department, Justice Department, Social, Defense, Health, Human Services, Veteran Affairs
Locations:
China, Russia