Peers Push for Legislation to Stop Data From Being Shipped to China and Russia

Peers are pushing for legislation aimed at stopping Britons’ personal data from being sent to third countries such as China and Russia, where there’s no guarantee the data would be protected. In a blog published on Wednesday, Conservative peer Lord Bethell said his amendment to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill aims to close a “dangerous” legal loophole that allows companies to “shuffle data abroad.” The peer said that global giants, including China’s electric car company BYD, social media platforms TikTok and WeChat, and Russia’s Yandex search engine, “transmit our most personal details across borders into the hands of autocracies under the guise of legality....