Biden limited the transfer of Americans’ personal information to certain countries

Under the order, issued Wednesday, the transfer of Americans’ financial, health, biometric and location information to “countries of concern” including Russia, Iran, Cuba, China, North Korea and Venezuela is restricted. The executive order appears to target Chinese companies such as BGI that study genes.

This is while the US Congress is also considering introducing a bill that would According to it, federal agencies that have contracts with Chinese companies BGI and Wuxi APPTEC will be prohibited from transferring the genetic and health information of American citizens to China. BGI said that it does not collect information about American patients and The genetic and personal data of people are not accessible, and the congressional bill will cause this company to leave the US market. In 2021, Reuters claimed in a report that BGI developed prenatal tests with the help of the Chinese military. using them to collect the genetic information of millions of women.

Senior US government officials said on Tuesday that Russia and China, through intermediary companies, collected sensitive information of American citizens and used them in the “spectrum They use a wide range of malicious activities such as cyber attacks, espionage and extortion.

They said: Buying information through intermediaries in the United States is a legal matter, which indicates a gap in the national security of this country./>

Source: IRNA