ACLU criticizes inclusion of Cisa information-sharing rules in year-halt omnibus spending package amid concerns over privacyCongress added some of the most controversial parts of the latest cybersecurity bill to its gigantic halt-of-year “must-pass” omnibus spending package,including mandatory sharing of any consumer data it collects with the Internal Revenue Service, FBI and the National Security Agency.
Civil liberties experts said they were dismayed that Congress had used the late-night bill to pass some of the most invasive parts of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa).
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Source: theguardian.com