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Midata project plan for compulsory customer data
Companies could be made to give the public greater access to customer data, after a mixed response to government plans for them to do so voluntarily.
The Midata project asks utilities, web firms and shops to provide "machine-readable" records of transactions.
Businesses have until 10 September to respond to plans to make it compulsory.
The new measures, likely to be included in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill currently going through Parliament, could become law next year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19331302
