Online Privacy & Security: CISPA Town Hall Meeting
- April 19, 2012 · 7:00 PM
TLDR;
Will CISPA or Bill HR 3523 will allow virtually unregulated data sharing between the government and companies with NO ACCOUNTABILITY as long as it's for "National Cybersecurity" reasons?
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Are we ignorant of massive Cyber Security attacks from hostile countries breaking into our computer systems and stealing our IP? CISPA saves our Cyber infrastructure.
7PM Event Starts
7:30pm Panel Discussion:
Declan McCullagh Moderator CNET Political Correspondent
Panelists:
Jamil Jaffer, House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee staffer
Jim Dempsey: Vice President Policy for Center for Democracy and Technology
Dan Auerbach, EFF staff technologist
Josh Mendelsohn, Engine Advocacy
Dean Garfield, President of Information Technology Industry Council
Details:
- The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, otherwise known as CISPA or HR 3523 is a Bill Scheduled for a vote in the House of Representatives on the week of April 23
- Concerns are about customer privacy protections and information sharing between companies and government
- Here is a discussion of the bill and transcripts of conference calls about the intent of the law.
- The bill overrides existing legislation about privacy and information sharing.
- The terms "Cyber Intelligence Threat" and "Cyber Security" are very broad.
- The definition of what information can be shared is very broad.
- Result: No protections for consumers written into the bill as it stands. Companies can voluntarily share any amount of private consumer information with the government without accountability
- Could this change our national character? In the US people are supposed to control the government but if the government controls all information, could that lead to abuses?
- By not passing this bill, are we being blissfully ignorant of massive attacks by hostile governments on our digital infrastructure?
- Recent press coverage discussing concerns about the legislation
Join us at the Town Hall meeting for further discussion about this controversial bill.
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