Biden Eyes New Licensing Regime in Move Against Bulk Data Flows

The Biden administration is preparing to establish a new licensing program for companies as part of its crackdown on bulk sales and transfers of sensitive personal data to China and other countries it sees as national security risks.

Bulk transfers from data brokers and of human genomic data would be prohibited to six countries under a US Department of Justice proposal that accompanied President Joe Biden’s executive order issued on Wednesday. “Restricted transactions” by entities such as cloud service providers would have to meet certain security requirements that will be established by the US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and ...