CISPA Vote: House Passes Cybersecurity Bill To Let Companies Break Privacy Contracts
Posted: 04/18/2013 1:49 pm EDT | Updated: 04/18/2013 3:44 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives passed a broad cybersecurity bill Thursday that allows corporations to share customers' personal data with other firms and the U.S. government, even in cases in which a company has a signed contract explicitly vowing not to do so.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, known as CISPA, passed by a margin of 288 to 127, despite receiving a late veto threat from the Obama administration, which warned that the bill does not sufficiently protect civil liberties.
The broad language of the bill, which imposes its standards above "any other provision of law," would effectively void privacy contracts between companies and their customers.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders opposed.
Good for Rand!
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