Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Blog

On January 20, 2025, President Trump revoked a number of Biden-era Executive Orders, including Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.

Last week President Biden issued Executive Order 14144, titled “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” which aims to strengthen software supply chain security, impose more stringent cybersecurity requirements on federal contractors, combat cybercrime, and encourage the development of identity verification technologies.

On January 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously upheld the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which restricts companies from making foreign adversary controlled applications available (i.e., on an app store) and from providing hosting services with respect to such apps.

On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency published finalized Security Requirements for Restricted Transactions as designated by the Department of Justice in the DOJ’s final rulemaking, each pursuant to Executive Order 14117 (Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern). The Requirements and DOJ rule will go into effect on April 8, 2025.