On February 28, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 (the EO) directing the US Attorney General and other agencies to promulgate regulations that restrict and, in some cases, prohibit transactions that might involve the sharing of sensitive personal data and government-related data with “countries of concern” (currently China, including Hong Kong and Macau, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela). In tandem, the Department of Justice (DoJ) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)…