Lawmakers warn that proposed U.S. data protection regulations do not fully protect highly sensitive federal sites, including the White House and the CIA. According to multiple outlets, the Biden administration has been developing rules for nearly a year intended to prevent U.S. adversaries from purchasing commercial data collected from cell phones near the federal government’s most sensitive locations. The concern raised by lawmakers is that the safeguards as currently designed do not cover certain key sites or categories of locations, leaving gaps that could allow adversaries to obtain location or movement-related information derived from mobile devices. The issue centers on restrictions meant to limit access to commercially gathered cell-phone data, which can be used to infer patterns of activity. While the administration’s effort focuses on blocking such data buys related to sensitive federal facilities, lawmakers argue that the current framework does not extend far enough to include all sites they consider critical to national security. The dispute highlights ongoing oversight and refinement of the regulations before they take effect.