Already have soft CISPA? (Congress, legal, attorney, independent)

[CDusr]

Seems that giant NSA facility in Utah has already been put to good use.

Bill would create partnership between NSA and U.S. corporations | The Raw Story

H.R.3523: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

This already occurred.
American ISPs to launch massive copyright spying scheme on July 12

However, on top of that looks like the DOJ, NSA et al. Has their own little monitoring program going on giving ISPs immunity.
Department of Justice secretly gave internet service providers immunity when conducting surveillance | End the Lie – Independent News
quote:
3. It states that monitoring will be for any purpose.
4. It states that monitoring may be done by the Company/Agency or any person or entity authorized by Company/Agency.
5. It explains to users that they have “no [reasonable] expectation of privacy” regarding communications or data transiting or stored on the system.

[Gtownoe]

What about private business information? Is it going to be sold to the highest bidder now?

[CDusr]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

What about private business information? Is it going to be sold to the highest bidder now?

They have already been doing that. Not highest bidder just flat fees. DMV's do it. All kind of agencies do it. Verizon, etc...

[CDusr]

Amazing.
Quote:
Thanks to an executive order dated February 12, 2013 entitled, “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity,” the program was widened significantly.

According to CNET, “the 2511 letters provided legal immunity to the providers by agreeing not to prosecute for criminal violations of the Wiretap Act. It’s not clear how many 2511 letters were issued by the Justice Department.”

“EPIC staff attorney Amie Stepanovich says the banner the government proposed is so broad and vague that it would allow ISPs not only to monitor the content of all communication, including private correspondence, but also potentially hand over the monitoring activity itself to the government,”

[CDusr]

Surprisingly small amount of coverage on this.
U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance | Politics and Law - CNET News
quote:
Justice Department agreed to issue "2511 letters" immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

[C. Maurio]

Originally Posted by Gtownoe

What about private business information? Is it going to be sold to the highest bidder now?

No. They can afford good encryption. Nobody is going to spy on anything business does not want seen.

[CDusr]

This site seems to cover these sort of issues.
EPIC - Electronic Privacy Information Center
Apparently, va found a "loophole" to keep prying eyes out of some fusion center agreement.
http://epic.org/privacy/virginia_fusion/