Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: draft U.S. Senate bill

Re:Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: dra... by rhizome on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:03PM (#18377131)

They have to knowingly and intentionally lie to the federal government in an annual report

So it's a nonstarter, since the people being prosecuted for these things will have lawyers adept at whittling down intent to only the most brazen and malicious behavior. Not only that, but Sarbanes-Oxley showed us how effective "annual report" red lines are.

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Re:Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: dra... by thrmsforbfast on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:05PM (#18377146)

Perhaps. But that's not a compelling argument against this bill. Perfect enemy of better and all that.

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Re:Prison time, hefty fines for data privacy violations: dra... by rhizome on Sunday November 04, 2018 @04:04PM (#18378047)

I agree that the nirvana fallacy is implicated, but there were zero convictions under SarbOx, zero prosecutions even.

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