FEB 28, 2024 | GLOBAL | US
Restrictions on Data Transfers Could Have Unintended Consequences
Agence France-Presse, February 28, 2024
BSA | The Software Alliance issued a statement identifying how data transfer restrictions could impact different industries worldwide.
But BSA | The Software Alliance, a lobby for major data cloud companies, warned that the executive order "may produce significant unintended consequences," to the extent that it covers a wide range of legitimate commercial and research activity. "Policymakers worldwide should exercise caution before introducing restrictions that could have a wide-ranging impact across different industries," said the grouping's senior vice president of global policy, Aaron Cooper.
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