Data Privacy Legislation. Criminal Penalties for CEOs

Where: Congress

What: Senator Wyden’s Mind Your Own Business Act

How would the criminal penalties attach?

• “Consumers must be able to control their own private information
• Companies must provide vastly more transparency about how they use and share our data
• Corporate executives need to be held personally responsible when they lie about protecting our personal information.”

Is this about a specific tech company? “Mark Zuckerberg won’t take Americans’ privacy seriously unless he feels personal consequences,” the senator said this week. “A slap on the wrist from the FTC won’t do the job, so under my bill he’d face jail time for lying to the government.”

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