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

Mon Feb 18 15:05:09 EST 2013

The link is broken indeed. :( I am attaching the copy of the infographic
that I have.

Kind Regards,
Sala

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Diego Rafael Canabarro <
diegocanabarro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>
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