Check the buyer's home country before a US data sale
The US Justice Department's Data Security Program forbids a US person from knowingly engaging in data brokerage with a country of concern or a covered person, and a covered person includes any entity with its principal place of business in a country of concern such as China.
Dated 14 Oct 2026Source checked 14 Oct 2026Quote found on its page again 16 Oct 2026Basis: strong
In the source's own words
“no U.S. person, on or after the effective date, may knowingly engage in a covered data transaction involving data brokerage with a country of concern or covered person”
Where it was read
eCFR, 28 CFR 202.301 Prohibited data-brokerage transactions, checked 14 Oct 2026
eCFR, 28 CFR 202.211 Covered person, checked 14 Oct 2026
Figures it counts in
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