TCH-Blog Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 CISPA (pronounced “sis-puh”) also known as “The Cyber Intelligence” and “Sharing Act” may sound familiar, and that’s because it’s been the center of a huge debate on Internet freedoms and privacy in the past months. CISPA was first introduced to the house on November 30th, 2011 by republican Michigan house representative Mike Rogers. On April 26th, 2012 it passed the house (248-168). However, the senate vetoed it and thus it didn’t become a law. But, it saw the floor of the house once again when on February 12th 2013, Mike Rogers reintroduced it to the house. Following suit, it was put up for vote late last Thursday night, early Friday morning. As expected, it passed the house and now it is getting ready to be voted on in the senate. Many are conflicted on this matter, on the good side it could be a big help to investigating cyber crimes and cyber attacks on companies from groups of malicious hackers. But with the good, there’s always the bad, and in this case very bad. Essentially, the main problem with CISPA is that it not only allows for the government to monitor Internet activity without permission or a warrant, it also allows for search and seizure without a warrant if you are under suspicion of cyber crimes without hard evidence. Many also will tell you that it plainly violates Internet privacy because provisions in this bill will allow for companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Yahoo to track and sell your information without your permission. Most also see this bill as the second attempt at increasing digital piracy laws after SOPA (stop online piracy act) and PIPA (protect intellectual property act) largely met vicious opposition from groups on the Internet such as Reddit, 4chan, and even communities on YouTube. If this bill is passed, internet privacy as we know it will change forever, unfortunately adversely. TotalChoice Hosting takes our customers privacy very seriously. When CISPA was first introduced we were against it because of the blatant disregard for privacy. Not much has changed, we are still against CISPA and would like to spread awareness to our clients that this bill is on our doorstep and we, regular users of the internet, have a voice. Let’s stand together against CISPA and tell the US government that we value our privacy and do not want our information readily available to any individual, corporation or conglomerate. Our privacy cannot and will not be sold and TCH does not support any internet bill that will erode our internet freedom! Use the links below to be heard! Links: Tell your local senator that you are against CISPA!! Sign a petition to protect your internet freedoms and privacy. See which companies support CISPA . View the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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