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US Senator Wyden floats bill limiting export of sensitive personal information

( April 15, 2021, 14:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senator Ron Wyden released a discussion draft of legislation that would regulate the export of sensitive personal information. The Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Surveillance Act would create new safeguards against exporting sensitive personal information to foreign countries if doing so could harm US national security. Among its proposed provisions, the bill would create a private right of action for individuals who have been physically harmed or arrested or detained in a foreign country as a result of the illegal export of personal data. “Shady data brokers shouldn’t get rich selling Americans’ private data to foreign countries that could use it to threaten our national security,” Wyden said in a statement.Statement and documents follow below:...

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