US CEOs who lie about misusing consumers’ data could face up to 20 years in prison under a new piece of legislation proposed last week.
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Should company bosses face jail for mishandling your privacy?
A proposed bill calls for executives to be jailed for not protecting consumers’ data, or at least for lying about it.
US senator blocks proposed surveillance law opposed by Facebook and Google
Lobbying pressure from an alliance of big internet companies and civil liberties groups – and the resistance of one steadfast US senator – forced the Senate Intelligence Committee to withdraw proposed legislation requiring social media companies to report “terrorist activity” to the government.