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Call for CEOs to carry can for data leaks

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MPs are considering changes to data protection laws that would make chief executives directly responsible for keeping the public’s personal information safe and make the improper use of data a criminal offence.

The Information Commissioner, the head of the body charged with protecting personal data, addressed the Justice Committee of the House of Commons this week and set out demands for sweeping changes to the UK’s data regime.

Richard Thomas’s hand has been strengthened by the recent HM Revenue & Customs fiasco, in which details of 25 million Britons were lost in the post.

Lawyers said parts of his proposals resembled aspects of America's Sarbanes Oxley legislation and that the broad wording of his demands should "send shivers" through company bosses.

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