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

Diego Rafael Canabarro diegocanabarro at gmail.com
Mon Feb 18 15:00:12 EST 2013 

The link for the info-graphic is broken, Sala.
And I saw your comments on the Bill. :)

Regards
Diego

On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Diego,
>
> There is an interesting infographic, see:
> http://www.zingbroadband.com/state-of-internet-infographic on the state
> of the Internet in the United States. I am not sure whether the information
> in the infographic is authentic but it makes for interesting reading.
>
> On the issue of the CISPA, there are varied causes for concern that exist
> with the "access" to information of individuals, organizations and privacy
> and the ability to trust that your information is secure and not
> arbitrarily exposed.
>
> When you see the recent regulatory trends by the FCC and how former FCC
> Chair and Commissioner are now very much in the game, not that there is
> anything wrong with it or is there? The view from here is pretty murky.
>
> Aside from CISPA, there is another Cyber Security Bill that is equally
> controversial, see:
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130126_pandoras_box_new_us_cyber_security_bills_worm_hole_internet/
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sala
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Diego Rafael Canabarro <
> diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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