This article was originally published by IAPP linked here. The U.S. Department of Justiceâs final rule on protecting Americansâ sensitive data from foreign adversaries is now in effect. On 11 April, the DOJâs National Security Division took further steps to implement the final rule and also issued a limited 90-day enforcement policy promising not to take certain enforcement actions against companies engaging in good faith compliance efforts until 8 July. The final rule represents a novel approach…
On March 4, 2025, the US Department of State announced the redesignation of Ansarallah (a political movement and militia group in Yemen also known as the Houthis) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (âFTOâ). The US Department of the Treasuryâs Office of Foreign Assets Control (âOFACâ) separately designated seven high-ranking members of Ansarallah as Specially Designated Nationals (âSDNsâ) for smuggling weapons into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and negotiating weapons procurement from Russia. In addition, OFAC designated…
On February 6, 2025, the US State Department reversed the Biden Administration’s revocation of President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 5 of June 16, 2017 and recreated the Cuba Restricted List (“CRL” or “List”), which identifies entities and subentities that are controlled by, or acting on behalf of, the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or personnel. The US State Department also added a Cuban remittance provider to the CRL, effective March 10, 2025. For…
In the evening of January 26, 2025, the White House announced in a press release that the US and Colombian governments had reached an agreement on flights carrying individuals deported from the United States and paused efforts to impose tariffs and other measures announced by President Trump and President Petro. Our blog post about measures previously announced by the two countries on January 26 is available here. Based on this agreement, the âemergencyâ tariffs and…