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<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong><br>
April 18, 2013<br>
3:46 PM</p>
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<p><strong>CONTACT: <a href="http://www.aclu.org">ACLU</a></strong></p>
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<p>Matthew Harwood, 202-675-2312, <a
href="mailto:media@dcaclu.org" rel="nofollow">media@dcaclu.org</a></p>
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<h2 class="node-title">ACLU Comment on House Passage of CISPA</h2>
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<p>WASHINGTON - April 18 - The House of Representatives today
passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act despite
a veto threat issued earlier this week by the White House. The
legislation, which passed by a 288-127 vote, allows companies to
share customers' personal information with any company or any
government entity, including the National Security Agency. The
American Civil Liberties Union opposed the legislation.</p>
<p>"CISPA is an extreme proposal that allows companies that hold
our very sensitive information to share it with any company or
government entity they choose, even directly with military
agencies like the NSA, without first stripping out personally
identifiable information," said Michelle Richardson, a
legislative counsel at the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office.
"We will work with Congress to make sure that the next version
of information sharing legislation unequivocally resolves this
issue, as well as tightens immunity provisions and protects
personal information. Cybersecurity can be done without
sacrificing Americans' privacy online."</p>
<p>The Senate, which has not introduced cybersecurity legislation
for the 113th Congress, is reportedly working on a bill now.</p>
<p>For a detailed analysis of CISPA, please visit:<br>
aclu.org/blog/tag/cispa-explainer</p>
<p>For more information on the ACLU's work on cybersecurity,
please visit:<br>
aclu.org/cybersecurity</p>
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original civic values working in courts, legislatures and
communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and
liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States by the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights.</p>
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