Lawmakers warn data protection rules don't protect key sites, including White House and CIA

May 22, 2026 11:18 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration spent almost a year crafting regulations to block U.S. adversaries from buying commercial data gathered from cell phones at the federal government's most sensitive locations.

The resulting rules, however, have a few gaps. Left off the list of 736 sensitive locations were the White House, Congress and the CIA's headquarters, among others, according to a warning issued Thursday by three congressional Democrats.

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