Cybersecurity Bill Authors Defend Legislation Against ‘Privacy Disaster’ Claims

Gerry Smith
huffingtonpost.com
April 12, 2012

Authors of a cybersecurity bill sought to rebut criticisms on Tuesday from civil liberties groups who say the legislation does not protect consumers from having their private data shared with the government.

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, sponsored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), seeks to give businesses and the federal government legal protection to share cyber threats with each other in an effort to thwart hackers.

Currently, they do not share that data because the information is classified and companies fear violating anti-trust law.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 2:37 pm

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