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In the U.S. House of Representatives, a version of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act [wikipedia.org] has been included in the 2016 budget bill (PDF [house.gov], XML [house.gov]). Retitled the "Cybersecurity Act of 2015," the proposed legislation begins on page 1728.

CISA passed the Senate in October [cnn.com].

If enacted, CISA would create a régime in which businesses (including ISPs) seeking to counteract computer-related security threats would monitor their computers, anonymize the data they collect, and exchange data with other businesses and with government. They would be immunized against existing privacy laws such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 [wikipedia.org].

In an April press conference [whitehouse.gov], Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel [whitehouse.gov] said that CISA could be used "amassing evidence, in identifying targets, and basically building the cases" for punishing miscreants outside U.S. jurisdiction.

the story:

• Motherboard [vice.com]
• RT [rt.com]
• Tech Insider [techinsider.io]
• Wired [wired.com]
• The Guardian [theguardian.com]
• Politico [politico.com]
• Techdirt [techdirt.com]
• Techdirt [techdirt.com] (second article)
• Washington Times [washingtontimes.com]
• Tech Insider [techinsider.io]
• Breitbart News [breitbart.com]
• Just Security [justsecurity.org]
• Multichannel News [multichannel.com]

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