Weak US Privacy Law Hurts America's Global Standing

Justin Sherma n Ideas 07.20.2021 08:00 AM Weak US Privacy Law Hurts America's Global Standing Unrestrained data collection and selling doesn't just harm citizens at home. It's terrible foreign policy. Illustration: WIRED; Getty Last month, President Joe Biden signed an executive order replacing former president Trump's orders that attempted to "ban" TikTok and WeChat in the United States. Among several praiseworthy components, it called for far more evidence-driven risk assessment of foreign software than the Trump administration's. But the order focused entirely on data risks posed by foreign governments. Data risks posed by domestic firms, from widespread data collection to…