Tracker record · Federal · Statute
PADFAA and FTC broker enforcement materials
The Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act restricts data brokers' transfers of sensitive personal data to foreign adversaries and controlled entities, enforced by the FTC alongside the Commission's broker enforcement materials.
Status
- Legal status
- In effect; FTC enforces; no volume threshold; China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are the foreign adversary countries (Enacted April 24, 2024; effective June 23, 2024)
- Allegation or finding
- Operative law
- Applicability
- Data brokers transferring covered data to foreign adversaries
- Enforceability
- Binding on parties within scope
- Law checked through
- October 12, 2026
- Citation
- 15 U.S.C. 9901 (Pub. L. 118-50, div. I)
- Source
- 15 U.S.C. 9901 (Pub. L. 118-50, div. I)