Sen. Ron Wyden (left) speaking to Sen. Dianne Feinstein in June 2013 (Image: J.S. Applewhite/AP)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced today a new bill that introduces sweeping privacy protections for Americans' private information.
Named the Mind Your Own Business Act (MYOBA), the bill includes clauses that will give Americans "an easy, one-click way to stop companies from selling or sharing their personal information" and grants consumers the right to see how companies use and share their data.
In addition, the bill goes one step further than any other user privacy legislation around the world by also introducing prison times for executives at companies that misuse user data and then lie about it to the government.
"Mark Zuckerberg won't take Americans' privacy seriously unless he feels personal consequences. 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," Wyden said, referring to the $5 billion fine that FTC imposed on Facebook, and which many critics called a mere slap on the wrist.
"I spent the past year listening to experts and strengthening the protections in my bill," Sen. Wyden said, referring to an earlier bill draft, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA).
"[The new bill] is based on three basic ideas: Consumers must be able to control their own private information, companies must provide vastly more transparency about how they use and share our ..
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