Four House Democrats opposed the Cyber Information Sharing...
Four House Democrats opposed the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a “Dear Colleague” letter ahead of the House’s planned vote on the cybersecurity bill. “CISPA has major shortcomings and would undermine the interests of citizens and their…
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privacy,” the letter said. “The bill has improved from earlier versions, but even with the amendments adopted, CISPA unacceptably and unnecessarily compromises the privacy interests of Americans online.” The letter was signed by House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, of California and Reps. Adam Schiff of California, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Rush Holt of New Jersey. The Democrats said there are three “significant deficiencies” in the bill: It does not require companies to strip personally identifiable information from any data that are shared with the government, it would permit companies to share data directly with the National Security Agency, and the bill provides a “sweeping limitation” on liability for sharing information, the letter said. The lawmakers urged the Rules Committee to allow consideration of amendments to “fix the bill,” according to the letter. “Without changes to ameliorate these concerns, we intend to oppose the legislation, and urge Members concerned about civil liberties and privacy to do the same,” they said. The House will consider the bill beginning at noon Wednesday and continuing at 9 a.m. Thursday.