Elizabeth Warren Plan Would Jail Executives for Consumer Data Violations
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Feb. 10, 2019.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren released a proposal that would hold executives criminally liable if their companies violate state or federal laws affecting consumers’ finances or large batches of personal data.
The bill, which was released Wednesday by the Massachusetts senator’s office, listed no co-sponsors but comes as she leads White House hopefuls in delivering detailed policy initiatives to crack down corporate power in the U.S. Warren has previously proposed breaking up big tech companies and agricultural behemoths and taxing wealth.