Join us for a webinar on May 22 where we will examine the U.S. Department of Justice’s final rule on protecting Americans’ sensitive data from foreign adversaries. This groundbreaking regulation, which took effect April 11, 2025, represents a novel approach to U.S. national security concerns related to sensitive data transactions with China, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia and other Countries of Concern and Covered Persons. Drawing from our Primer on the DOJ Final Rule, and Article…
This article was originally published by IAPPÂ linked here. On 8 Jan., the U.S. Department of Justice published in the Federal Register its final rule on protecting Americans’ sensitive data from foreign adversaries. As a follow-up, on 11 April, the DOJ’s National Security Division took additional steps to implement the final rule. Specifically, the DOJ issued answers to more than 100 frequently asked questions, published a compliance guide, and issued a limited enforcement policy for the first 90 days of the final…
This article was originally published by IAPP linked here. The U.S. Department of Justice’s final rule on protecting Americans’ sensitive data from foreign adversaries is now in effect. On 11 April, the DOJ’s 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 (“FTO”). The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) separately designated seven high-ranking members of Ansarallah as Specially Designated Nationals (“SDNs”) for smuggling weapons into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and negotiating weapons procurement from Russia. In addition, OFAC designated…