Google, Microsoft & Yahoo Execs Back CISPA Through Trade Group
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A tech trade group whose guiding lights include executives from Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sent a letter to Congress this week in support of CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — proposed cybersecurity legislation that’s raised privacy concerns among groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union.
The letter, from TechNet President Rey Ramsey, is addressed to the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee — Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D -Md.) — and commends the committee for providing liability protections to companies that would share data under CISPA and for making an effort to strengthen privacy protections in the legislation.
CISPA is designed, its supporters have said, to protect against foreign cyberthreats by allowing private companies to voluntarily share data with government intelligence agencies without fear of being taken to court over privacy issues.
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2013-04-15 09:39:15
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