Telecom groups seek transparency from Justice Dept. in identifying of ‘countries of concern’ under upcoming data transfer rule

The Justice Department must ensure that its process for identifying “countries of concern” under an ongoing rulemaking process focused on limiting foreign adversary access to personal and government data is both transparent and predictable, according to three telecom groups who responded to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

DOJ published an ANPRM on March 5 outlining its approach to prohibiting data broker transactions and human genomic data transfers “between U.S. persons and countries of concern (or covered persons).”

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