ASA Driven By Policy Newsletter: February 2026

The U.S. House unanimously approved H.R. 7520, the Promoting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. This bill would make it illegal for a data broker to sell, lease, rent, trade, transfer, release, disclose, provide access to, or otherwise make available sensitive data of a United States individual to any foreign adversary or entity controlled by a foreign adversary. This language could make it harder for the data collected by automotive repair facilities to get in the hands of malicious actors, like the Chinese government.