Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI): The US Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned Russian operatives and entities linked to the poisoning of opposition figure Aleksey Navalny.
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The US government controls exports of sensitive equipment, software and technology for reasons of national security and foreign policy. Generally, the goals of US export controls are to (1) protect the national security of the United States by limiting access to the most sensitive US technology and weapons, (2) promote regional stability, (3) prevent the proliferation of weapons and technologies, and (4) protect human rights around the world.
US export controls frequently apply extraterritorially, extending US export controls compliance obligations to non-US persons. For example, an item of US origin can remain controlled under US laws even after its initial export, and require a licence or authorisation for re-export – or even transfer within a single country – from one non-US person to another non-US person. Even certain items produced outside the United States may be subject to US export controls if they are the direct product of certain technology, softwar
It’s not quite a smoking gun, but it’s just the sort of information that Sen. Ron Wyden’s staff suspected would indicate how ad tech data can make its way into the hands of foreign governments with ill intentions against people in the U.S.
In early April, when Wyden and other senators sent letters in early April to digital ad companies including AT&T, Google, Twitter and Verizon Media, the Oregon Democrat wanted details about the firms they pass precise location information and other data to along the complex chain of players in the global real-time bidding (RTB) ad marketplace. In particular, the legislators wanted to know whether any of those firms receiving the data are based in countries where authoritarian or adversarial governments or bad actors could access the data and use the information to target dissidents residing in the U.S., perpetrate disinformation campaigns or worse.