Contact Congress about H.R. 7520: Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024

Data brokers would be banned from giving sensitive data about U.S. residents to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or groups they control. The FTC would enforce the rule. The bill leaves many other data sales untouched.

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Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024 is a House bill in Congress.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects data brokers that sell or share sensitive data about people in the United States. They would have to check whether buyers are foreign adversary countries or groups those countries control. People living in the United States could have less sensitive data sent to those foreign buyers. Foreign companies tied to China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea could lose access to covered brokered data.

Why this matters: Sensitive personal data can reveal where people go, what they believe, who they contact, and what risks they face. This bill tries to stop foreign adversaries from buying that data through data brokers. Supporters see it as a national security step because sold data can expose service members, government workers, children, and ordinary people. Critics may still see gaps because the bill does not stop all data sales or every path foreign actors could use.

Key provisions in H.R. 7520

• Data brokers could not give covered sensitive data about U.S. residents to a foreign adversary country or a group it controls. The ban covers selling, licensing, renting, trading, transferring, releasing, disclosing, or giving access to that data.
• The FTC would police violations. A violation would count as an unfair or deceptive business practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act, which brings the penalties and tools in that law.
• A company counts as a data broker when it sells or shares data about U.S. residents that it did not collect directly from them. The definition does not cover a buyer that is only acting as a service provider.
• Some entities would not count as data brokers. This includes groups that mainly send data at a user’s request, offer products where sensitive data is not the product, publish news or public-interest information, publish certain public information, or act as service providers.
• The bill uses another federal law to decide which countries count as foreign adversary countries. That law is 10 U.S.C. 4872(d)(2), which keeps a separate list.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 7520

What is H.R. 7520?

Data brokers would be banned from giving sensitive data about U.S. residents to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or groups they control. The FTC would enforce the rule. The bill leaves many other data sales untouched.

How do I support or oppose H.R. 7520?

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Who should I contact about H.R. 7520?

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