Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Home of Representatives have overwhelmingly handed Japanese Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ)’s laws to restrict how information brokers share American’s delicate info overseas.
The Defending People’ Knowledge from International Adversaries Act (H.R. 7520), which the 2 lawmakers led via the Home Vitality and Commerce Committee, handed by a unanimous vote of 414-0. After the vote, Rodgers and Pallone launched the next assertion:
“At this time’s overwhelming vote sends a transparent message that we are going to not enable our adversaries to undermine American nationwide safety and particular person privateness by buying individuals’s personally identifiable delicate info from information brokers. H.R. 7520 is one other key step in the direction of strengthening information protections and safeguarding our nation from overseas adversaries.
“The laws builds on our efforts within the Home final week to go H.R. 7521—with overwhelming and bipartisan assist—and serves as an vital complement to extra complete nationwide information privateness laws, which we stay dedicated to working collectively on. We’re inspired by at this time’s sturdy vote, which ought to assist construct momentum to get this vital bipartisan laws, in addition to extra complete privateness laws, signed into regulation this Congress.”
Final night time, Rodgers spoke on the Home flooring in assist of her laws. You possibly can watch her
