Congress should oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act...
Congress should oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), privacy advocates said in a letter to members Monday (http://bit.ly/XjLTI1). Signatories include the ACLU, Center for Democracy and Technology, Demand Progress, Electronic Frontier Foundation and browser maker Mozilla. “A…
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carefully-crafted information sharing program that strictly limits the information to be shared and includes robust privacy safeguards could be an effective approach to cybersecurity,” but CISPA does not have those necessary safeguards, the groups wrote. The bill could “allow companies that hold very sensitive and personal information to liberally share it with the government, which could then use the information without meaningful oversight for purposes unrelated to cybersecurity,” the letter continued. The groups urged members to vote no on the bill until “fundamental changes” have been made “to address the many civil liberties problems."