07/22 Weak US Privacy Law Hurts America’s Global Standing
Unrestrained data collection and selling doesn’t just harm citizens at home. It’s terrible foreign policy. Original article posted on Wired.com https://www.wired.com/story/weak-us-privacy-law-hurts-americas-global-standing/ Justin Sherman 7/20/2021 Last month, President Joe Biden signed an executive order replacing former president Trump’s orders that attempted to “ban” TikTok and WeChat in the United States. Among several praiseworthy components, it called for far more evidence-driven risk assessment of foreign software than the Trump administration’s. But the order focused entirely on data risks posed by foreign governments. Data risks posed by domestic firms, from widespread data collection to unrestricted data selling, also demand action from Washington. […]