Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies

The U.S. House unanimously passed the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024, granting the FTC authority to penalize data brokers that sell Americans' PII to China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, or entities they control; the measure aligns with but is narrower than a recent executive order. It cites ODNI findings on the risks of commercially available sensitive data and a Duke report on military personnel data, while acknowledging no publicly known cases to date; the bill now awaits consideration in the Senate.