Biden Poised to Limit American Personal Data Going to China (1)

The Biden administration intends to unveil as soon as next week a new effort to prevent foreign adversaries such as China from accessing troves of Americans’ sensitive personal data, according to people familiar with the planned executive order.

An order to be signed by President Joe Biden will direct the attorney general and the Department of Homeland Security to issue new restrictions on transactions involving data that could threaten national security if obtained by “countries of concern.”

The order is aimed at heading off access to bulk sensitive data through now-legal transactions involving data brokers, third-party vendor agreements, employment agreements ...