Hot Topics

Regulations
President Biden issues Executive Order on sensitive personal data

President Biden issues Executive Order on sensitive personal data

As expected, Pres. Biden has issued an Executive Order aimed a protecting Americans’ sensitive personal data. The EO covers biometric, genomic, and geolocation data, and the DoJ has already published its proposed rule. Details, fact sheets, the EO, a related unclassified NSI report, more inside.

Comment period on outbound rule is now closed; we tally the input so far

Comment period on outbound rule is now closed; we tally the input so far

As most Foreign Investment Watch readers know, the Treasury Department recently published its proposed rule regarding U.S. investments in certain countries of concern. Treasury was accepting comments and feedback, but that period ended last week. Inside, we summarize some of the feedback.