[governance] CISPA backers reintroduce bill; privacy advocates quick to reiterate criticism

[Diego Rafael Canabarro]

CISPA backers reintroduce bill; privacy advocates quick to reiterate
criticism

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/cispa-backers-reintroduce-bill-privacy-advocates-quick-reiterate-criticism/2013-02-14#ixzz2LGuwIvbU


February 14, 2013 | By David
Perera<http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/author/dperera>

Backers of a controversial cybersecurity bill
approved<http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/house-approves-cispa/2012-04-30>
by
the House in April 2012 reintroduced it again Feb. 13 for consideration by
the new Congress.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R.
624<http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr624>)
would create a mechanism for the private sector to share with the federal
government cyber threat information--the Homeland Security Department, or
another federal agency. Critics such as the Center for Democracy and
Technology say the bill language creates an avenue for information on
American Internet users to go to the intelligence community, a criticism
CDT President Leslie Harris
reiterated<https://www.cdt.org/pr_statement/cybersecurity-legislation-still-fundamentally-flawed-cdt-opposes-cispa>
soon
after the bill's reintroduction.

Privacy groups have also said the bill would allow federal agencies to
repurpose the information they do receive through the information sharing
program, something that goes against privacy principles requiring data to
be used only for the purpose for which it was collected.

The reintroduced bill, like the version that passed the House, says the
government could use the information for cybersecurity itself, as well as
the investigation and prosecution of cybersecurity crimes; protection of
individuals from the danger of death or physical injury; protection of
minors from physical or psychological harm; and protection of the national
security of the United States.

Critics have particularly noted the crime and national security provisions,
stating that they could lead to overly broad uses of the data.

Bill co-sponsors Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger
(D-Md.), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House
Intelligence Committee, have said much of the criticism is unwarranted.

The bill's language prevents an Internet service provider from sharing
information about its individual customers, a committee "myth v. fact"
document<http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/cispamythvactFeb122013v2.pdf>
(.pdf)
says.

Worries that the federal government would be able to read private emails
without a warrant ignores "the highly rapid and automated nature of cyber
threat information sharing," the document also says.

For more:
- go to <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.113hr624> the THOMAS
page for H.R. 624
- go to <http://intelligence.house.gov/hr-624-press-materials> a House
Intelligence Committee webpage with press materials on the bill


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