[governance] ACLU on CISPA

[Riaz K Tayob]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
April 18, 2013
3:46 PM

	

*CONTACT: ACLU <http://www.aclu.org>*

Matthew Harwood, 202-675-2312, media at dcaclu.org <mailto:media at dcaclu.org>


    ACLU Comment on House Passage of CISPA

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.

"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."

The Senate, which has not introduced cybersecurity legislation for the 
113th Congress, is reportedly working on a bill now.

For a detailed analysis of CISPA, please visit:
aclu.org/blog/tag/cispa-explainer

For more information on the ACLU's work on cybersecurity, please visit:
aclu.org/cybersecurity

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conserves America's 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.

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