Members of the House said on Tuesday that they will modify the language of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in a nod to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which has expressed strong opposition to the bill’s language thus far. CISPA proposes a new system where the federal government has the authority to share information about Internet-based threats to corporations, and vice versa. However, as the language is currently written, information is defined so broadly so that “any other provision of law” cannot supersede it. As Ars concluded last week : “CISPA is a solution in search of a problem. And it threatens to undermine important privacy protections.” According to The Hill , the two Congressmen behind CISPA are set to offer amendments on the floor of the House this week to address concerns of the privacy groups including the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). Specifically, the proposed amendments will add limits as to how the government can use what it collects, and under what conditions.

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House set to revise CISPA language to add more privacy protection