The US government has banned the transfer of genetic data to China and a number of other countries. The executive order issued by President Joe Biden on Wednesday also prohibits the mass transfer of other sensitive information of US citizens, including geographic, biometric, health and financial data. „Buying data through data brokers is currently legal in the United States, and that reflects a gap in our national security toolkit,“ said senior government officials. This represents a security gap. „Countries of concern, such as China and Russia, are buying American’s sensitive personal data from data brokers.“