The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act also known as CISPA was approved by the US House of Representatives on April 26th. The vote was 248 to 168 in favor of it.
CISPA would “waive every single privacy law ever enacted in the name of cybersecurity,” Rep. Jared Polis, a Colorado Democrat and onetime Web entrepreneur, said during the debate. “Allowing the military and NSA to spy on Americans on American soil goes against every principle this country was founded on.”
So what happens now? The bill is brought to the Senate floor. It is important to note that a lot of cyber security legislation has been stalled for many years. The bill would not grant the NSA or Homland Security any added surveillance authority but it would bring in a new era of information sharing between government agencies and companies. So the biggest problem is privacy and would allow the government the ability to access companies databases which in many cases would violate the terms of service agreement you accept with them but if the government wants it they can get it with this act. So if you don?t want the chance of the government messing with our privacy anymore contact your senators and tell them you want them to say no to CISPA.