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U.S. Senator Ron Wyden pitches bill giving jail time to executives whose companies violate online privacy

Posted on February 9, 2019June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Alex Hernandez reports:

…  U.S. Senator Ron Wyden from (D) Oregon is purposing a new bill that would deal out jail time to executives whose companies violate online privacy.

Senator Ron Wyden isn’t only pitching jail time but also billions of dollars in fines on companies and executives who enable privacy breaches. The senior senator from Oregon believes that privacy and data breaches are corporate fraud and should be dealt with accordingly.

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