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• 50,000 ACLU supporters signed a petition opposing CISPA and its far-reaching consequences for our online privacy. Now, we're taking their message straight to the White House and Capitol Hill with a full-page advertisement in Politico.
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This is Stop CISPA "Week of Action" -- keep long-standing civil liberties and protections

Daily Kos: Stop CISPA "Week of Action" Begins Today: What You Can Do:

• A coalition of Internet advocacy organizations (including the ACLU, DailyKos, and my own, the Government Accountability Project) and individuals are launching a week of action to combat the CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.
• We aim to leverage popular outrage to oppose this dangerously broad bill, which is cloaked as a beneficent-sounding "cybersecurity" law. Legislation that is supposed to enhance our computer and network security must not sacrifice long-standing civil liberties and protections, and this bill is riddled with flaws that threaten our right to privacy.

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Privacy laws and bills currently in Congress

The Legislation of Privacy: New Laws That Will Change Your Life - BackgroundCheck.org:

• Even if you don’t realize it, many privacy laws can have a major impact on your life, from how you buy insurance to which bits of personal information are gathered while you shop online, go to the bank, or talk on the phone. What follows is a brief guide to many of the newer and upcoming laws regarding privacy in the United States. You’ll learn what the bills propose, how they’ll affect your life, and when they’ll go into effect, if they haven’t already.
• Digital Life
• Digital Commerce
• Work and Employment
• Personal Information

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Oppose the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA)

From: New cyber bill getting big push from the spy and tech worlds | People's Blog for the Constitution (BORDC-- Bill of Rights Defense Committee)

• Congress is busy pushing a bill that “would give government intelligence agencies broad powers to work with private companies to share information about Internet users.”

• The bill, known as the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA),  provides companies and the government “free rein to bypass existing laws in order to monitor communications, filter content, or potentially even shut down access to online services for ‘cybersecurity purposes.’”

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Take Action: Tell Congress to Support the GPS Act

From: Tell Congress: Support the GPS Act! | ACLU

• US Sen. Ron Wyden & US Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced the Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act in the House and Senate to protect location privacy. The bills require law enforcement to get a warrant based on probable cause before accessing location information and also regulate the use of this information by business.
• With location tracking cases rising up all over the country this would provide a strong and clear national standard for law enforcement.
• Ask your senators and representative to sign on as cosponsors of this important piece of legislation.

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