The order empowered the Department of Justice to block data sales to unfriendly countries, namely China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela.
Under the proposed rules, US citizens would be prohibited from selling data to, or processing data within, firms that are at least 50 percent owned by "a country of concern," or individuals primarily residing there.
The restrictions, to be enforced by the DoJ's National Security Division, kick in after an entity meets specific thresholds, such as personal financial or health data on over 10,000 US persons.
A US company would be prohibited from hiring a laboratory in China to analyze more than 100 US persons data or DNA samples, leading to serious implications for cross-border data sharing.
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