A Survey of Digital Privacy Rights Under CISA
It addresses digital privacy concerns for the public and policymakers, but is a survey or analysis rather than a novel research contribution, making it incremental in nature.
This paper explores the potential impacts of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015, which establishes a framework for information sharing between private and US government entities to identify cybersecurity threats, and considers the formalization of digital privacy rights in an increasingly monitored world.
The recent passing of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 introduces a new framework for information sharing between private and US government entities with the expressed intent to identify cybersecurity threats. This is the latest in a series of similar bills that have been introduced to Congress over the last several years. While each of the previous standalone bills were defeated following widespread public resistance, the latest edition was included as an amendment to the United States' 2016 spending bill. This means that any dissenting congressmen unwilling to pass the spending bill with the CISA rider would be willing to risk another government shutdown due to the inability to come to terms on the budget measures. This paper seeks to explore the potential impacts of the measures introduced or enabled by CISA, and consider the formalization of digital privacy rights in an increasingly online and monitored world.