The List Of Government Agencies That Can Get Your Data Under CISPA
from the does-the-council-of-economic-advisors-need-your-emails? dept
One of the key complaints about CISPA is the fact that it does absolutely nothing to make sure any data of yours that is shared with the government by third parties is sent narrowly to folks working to protect us from cybersecurity threats. Instead, the information can be shared with any agency of the government, so long as they can claim, vaguely, that it’s being used for “cybersecurity purposes.” But, as the EFF points out, without any limitations on who in the government can see your data, every government agency can see your data. They’ve even put together a helpful “list.”
One question we sometimes get is: Under CISPA, which government agencies can receive this data? For example, could the FBI, NSA, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement receive data if CISPA were to pass?
The answer is yes. Any government agency could receive data from companies if this were to pass, meaning identifiable data could be flowing to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the National Security Agency, or even the Food and Drug Administration.
We’ve reposted the list below as well, just so you can get an idea of which government agencies could get access to your data on CISPA (and which ones thought that, perhaps, that’s not such a good idea).
Under CISPA, which government agencies can get your data?
Executive Office of the President
Agencies within the Executive Office of the President:
Council of Economic Advisers
Council on Environmental Quality
Domestic Policy Council
National Economic Council
National Security Council
Office of Administration
Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Office of Management and Budget
Office of National AIDS Policy
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Office of the President
Office of the First Lady
Office of the First Children
Office of the Vice President
Office of the Second Lady
Office of the Second Children
President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
President's Intelligence Oversight Board
President's Intelligence Advisory Board
United States Trade Representative
White House Office
White House Military Office
United States Department of Agriculture
Agencies within the Department of Agriculture:
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Economic Research Service
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Food and Nutrition Service
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Foreign Agricultural Service
Forest Service
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Marketing and Regulatory Programs
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
4-H
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Risk Management Agency
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Rural Business and Cooperative Programs
Office of Rural Development
Research, Education and Economics
Rural Housing Service
Rural Utilities Service
United States Department of Commerce
Agencies within the Department of Commerce:
Census Bureau
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Industry and Security
Economic Development Administration
Economics and Statistics Administration
Export Enforcement
Import Administration
International Trade Administration
Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
Invest in America
Manufacturing and Services
Marine and Aviation Operations
Market Access and Compliance
Minority Business Development Agency
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Commissioned Corps
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic Service
National Weather Service
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Patent and Trademark Office
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Technical Information Service
Trade Promotion and the U.S. And Foreign Commercial Service
United States Department of Defense
Agencies within the Department of Defense:
Department of the Army
United States Army
Army Intelligence and Security Command
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of the Navy
United States Navy
Office of Naval Intelligence
U.S. Naval Academy
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
Department of the Air Force
United States Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J-2 Intelligence
National Guard Bureau
Natural Disaster and Disaster Help Program
J-2 Intelligence Directorate
Air National Guard
Army National Guard
America Citizen Militia
America Citizen Militia Intelligence
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Commissary Agency
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
Defense Security Service
Defense Technical Information Center
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Missile Defense Agency
National Security Agency
Central Security Service
National Reconnaissance Office
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Pentagon Force Protection Agency
United States Pentagon Police
American Forces Information Service
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense Dependents Schools
Defense Human Resources Activity
Office of Economic Adjustment
TRICARE Management Activity
Washington Headquarters Services
West Point Military Academy
United States Department of Education
Agencies within the Department of Education:
Federal Student Aid
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Education Resources Information Center
National Center for Education Research
National Center for Special Education Research
National Assessment Governing Board
National Assessment of Educational Progress
Office for Civil Rights
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Office of Safe and Healthy Students
Office of Postsecondary Education
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Office of Special Education Programs
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Special institutions
American Printing House for the Blind
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Gallaudet University
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
United States Department of Energy
List of agencies within the Department of Energy:
Energy Information Administration
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
National Laboratories & Technology Centers
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
National Nuclear Security Administration
Power Marketing Administrations:
Bonneville Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
Western Area Power Administration
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services:
Administration on Aging
Administration for Children and Families
Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Epidemic Intelligence Service
National Center for Health Statistics
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Food and Drug Administration
Reagan-Udall Foundation
Health Resources and Services Administration
Patient Affordable Healthcare Care Act Program {to be implemented fully in 2014}
Independent Payment Advisory Board
Indian Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Health Intelligence Service
Public Health Service
Federal Occupational Health
Office of the Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
United States Department of Homeland Security
Agencies
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA Corps
U.S. Fire Administration
National Flood Insurance Program
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Transportation Security Administration
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
United States Coast Guard (Transfers to Department of Defense during declared war or national emergency)
Coast Guard Intelligence
National Ice Center
United States Ice Patrol
United States Customs and Border Protection
Office of Air and Marine
Office of Border Patrol
U.S. Border Patrol
Border Patrol Intelligence
Office of Field Operations
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
United States Secret Service
Secret Service Intelligence Service
Offices
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Office of Health Affairs
Office of Component Services
Office of International Affairs and Global Health Security
Office of Medical Readiness
Office of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Office of Operations Coordination
Office of Policy
Homeland Security Advisory Council
Office of International Affairs
Office of Immigration Statistics
Office of Policy Development
Office for State and Local Law Enforcement
Office of Strategic Plans
Private Sector Office
Management
Directorate for Management
National Protection and Programs
National Protection and Programs Directorate
Federal Protective Service
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications
National Communications System
National Cyber Security Division
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Office of Emergency Communications
Office of Infrastructure Protection
Office of Risk Management and Analysis
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
Science and Technology
Science and Technology Directorate
Environmental Measurements Laboratory
Portfolios
Innovation/Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
Office of Research
Office of National Laboratories
Office of University Programs
Program Executive Office, Counter Improvised Explosive Device
Office of Transition
Commercialization Office
Long Range Broad Agency Announcement Office
Product Transition Office
Safety Act Office
Technology Transfer Office
Divisions
Border and Maritime Security Division
Chemical and Biological Division
Command, Control and Interoperability Division
Explosives Division
Human Factors Division
Infrastructure/Geophysical Division
Offices and Institutes
Business Operations Division
Executive Secretariat Office
Human Capital Office
Key Security Office
Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Planning and Management
Corporate Communications Division
Interagency and First Responders Programs Division
International Cooperative Programs Office
Operations Analysis Division
Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute
Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute
Strategy, Policy and Budget Division
Special Programs Division
Test & Evaluation and Standards Division
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Agencies
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Offices
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (HUD)
Departmental Enforcement Center
Office of Community Planning and Development
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity
Office of Field Policy and Management
Office of the General Counsel
Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control
Office of Hearings and Appeals
Office of Labor Relations
Office of Policy Development and Research
Office of Public Affairs
Office of Public and Indian Housing
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities
Corporation
Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
United States Department of the Interior
Agencies:
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Reclamation
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (formerly Minerals Management Service)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (formerly Minerals Management Service)
National Park Service
Office of Insular Affairs
Office of Surface Mining
National Mine Map Repository
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of Justice
Agencies:
Antitrust Division
Asset Forfeiture Program
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Civil Division
Civil Rights Division
Community Oriented Policing Services
Community Relations Service
Criminal Division
Diversion Control Program
Drug Enforcement Administration
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Executive Office for Immigration Review
Executive Office for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces
Executive Office for United States Attorneys
Executive Office for United States Trustees
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Prisons
UNICOR
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
INTERPOL - United States National Central Bureau
Justice Management Division
National Crime Information Center
National Drug Intelligence Center
National Institute of Corrections
National Security Division
Office of the Associate Attorney General
Office of the Attorney General
Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Office of Dispute Resolution
Office of the Federal Detention Trustee
Office of Information Policy
Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Community Capacity Development Office
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Institute of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Office for Victims of Crime
Office of Legal Counsel
Office of Legal Policy
Office of Legislative Affairs
Office of the Pardon Attorney
Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties
Office of Professional Responsibility
Office of Public Affairs
Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking
Office of the Solicitor General
Office of Special Counsel
Office of Tribal Justice
Office on Violence Against Women
Professional Responsibility Advisory Office
Tax Division
United States Attorneys
United States Marshals
United States Parole Commission
United States Trustee Program
United States Department of Labor
Agencies and Bureaus
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (DOL)
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Employment and Training Administration
Job Corps
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Veterans' Employment and Training Service
Wage and Hour Division
Women's Bureau
Boards
Administrative Review Board
Benefits Review Board
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board
Offices
Office of Administrative Law Judges
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Office of Labor-Management Standards
Office of the Solicitor
Office of Worker's Compensation Program
Ombudsman for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program
United States Department of State
Agencies and Bureaus
National Council for the Traditional Arts
Reporting to the Secretary
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Bureau of Legislative Affairs
Office of the Legal Adviser
Reporting to the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources
Executive Secretariat
Office of the Chief of Protocol
Office for Civil Rights
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator
Office of Global Criminal Justice
Policy Planning Staff
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Management
Bureau of Administration
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Overseas Citizens Services
Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS)
Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
Office of Foreign Missions (OFM)
Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)
Bureau of Human Resources
Family Liaison Office
Bureau of Information Resource Management
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
Bureau of Resource Management
Foreign Service Institute
Office of Management Policy, Rightsizing and Innovation
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Bureau of African Affairs
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Reporting to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Bureau of International Information Programs
Bureau of Public Affairs
Office of the Historian
Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Permanent Diplomatic Missions
United States Mission to the African Union
United States Mission to ASEAN
United States mission to the Arab League
United States mission to the Council of Europe (and to all other European Agencies)
United States Mission to International Organizations in Vienna
United States Mission to the European Union
United States Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization
United States Mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States Mission to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
United States Mission to the Organization of American States
United States Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
United States Mission to the United Nations
United States Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome
United States Mission to the United Nations Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva
United States Observer Mission to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
United States Permanent Mission to the United Nations Environment Program and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
United States Department of Transportation
Agencies
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Traffic Organization
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Maritime Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Surface Transportation Board
United States Department of the Treasury
Agencies and Bureaus
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of the Public Debt
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Federal Consulting Group
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Financial Management Service
Internal Revenue Service
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
Office of Financial Stability
United States Mint
Offices
Office of Domestic Finance
Office of Economic Policy
Office of International Affairs
Office of Tax Policy
Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Treasurer of the United States
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Agencies
National Cemetery Administration
Veterans Benefits Administration
Veterans Health Administration
Independent Agencies and Government Corporations
Administrative Conference of the United States
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Central Intelligence Agency
Commission on Civil Rights
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation for National and Community Service
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Election Assistance Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Election Commission
Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Reserve System
United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Federal Trade Commission
General Services Administration
Helen Keller National Center
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Inter-American Foundation
International Broadcasting Bureau
Merit Systems Protection Board
Military Postal Service Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Archives and Records Administration
Office of the Federal Register
National Capital Planning Commission
National Constitution Center
National Council on Disability
National Credit Union Administration
Central Liquidity Facility
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
National Science Foundation
United States Antarctic Program
National Transportation Safety Board
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of the Federal Coordinator, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Compliance
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management
Federal Executive Institute
Combined Federal Campaign
Office of Special Counsel
Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Panama Canal Commission
Peace Corps
Postal Regulatory Commission
Railroad Retirement Board
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Investor Protection Corporation
Selective Service System
Small Business Administration
Social Security Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
United States Agency for International Development
United States International Trade Commission
United States Postal Service
Inspectors General
Filed Under: cispa, cybersecurity, data, government agencies, privacy
Comments on “The List Of Government Agencies That Can Get Your Data Under CISPA”
Sheesh...
Smells like 1984.
Lemme guess....
The list of agencies that DON’T have access is MUCH smaller….
Re: Lemme guess....
Where is that “Sad but True” button?
Re: Lemme guess....
If you consider a blank piece of paper a ‘list’, then sure.
Re: Re: Lemme guess....
Only if it’s linked to a Top Secret Umbra document. Then it’s just a pointer and no-one can actually see it.
I have an idea how to fix this
CISPA might be OK if those agencies get my data only if all of them ask for it at the same time (and each agency only has a fixed quota of requests per month, so they actually have to convince each other it’s worthwhile).
Re: I have an idea how to fix this
I also have an idea to fix this, just say NO. I say this as, I wait inline to get my tracking chip inserted. Then it’s off to the free will removal center.
Re: I have an idea how to fix this
I have a better idea. Just point out that under the guise of cybersecurity, the ATF get access to all Facebook comments about guns. That should set off the 2nd Ammendment crowd and this thing will get dropped in a heart beat…
/Food for thought
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/Food for thought
Health Hazard
With “gun control” in the news so much these days, this one’s starting to go around again. It should certainly make you think….
The number of gun owners in the U.S. is 80,000,000. Yes, that is 80 million. The number of accidental gun deaths per year, all age groups, is 1,500. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.0000188.
The number of physicians in the U.S. is approximately 700,000. The number of accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are approximately 120,000. The number of accidental deaths per physician is 0.1714286.
Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Remember, “Guns don’t kill people, doctors do.”
Fact: NOT EVERYONE HAS A GUN, BUT ALMOST EVERYONE HAS AT LEAST ONE DOCTOR.
Please alert your friends to this alarming threat. We must ban doctors before this gets completely out of hand. Out of concern for the public at large, I have withheld the statistics on lawyers for fear the shock would cause people to panic and seek medical attention.
http://www.jumbojoke.com/health_hazard.html
Re: I have an idea how to fix this
CISPA might be OK if those agencies get my data only if all of them ask for it at the same time (and each agency only has a fixed quota of requests per month, so they actually have to convince each other it’s worthwhile)
As long as I can treat them as FOIA Requests and unilaterally deny them for security purposes, or even better, return 60 pages with every line blacked out, I am cool with that.
Re: I have an idea how to fix this
How about simply not accepting draconian policies?
Will somebody please explain in words of one syllable why foreign threats requires that all your citizens are spied on.
Re: Re:
They think you all are idiots, will put up with it, and do as they say.
Office of the First Children
Office of the Second Children
Pretty sure my web history would violate some age-appropriate web laws on that request, but I don’t think Obama’s daughters are going to care what goat porn we all watch.
Re: CISPA
Hey wait! There’s goat porn?
Wow CISPA
What does it matter then, it seems more important for me to take down all their bodies rather than my innocuous infomation.
3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
“shared with the government by third parties”
Yet again, Mike gins up worry solely about the gov’t while neglecting to worry about the direct sources of this info. While it may not be necessary to list them, it’s still interesting that Mike actually promotes right here the very sources that get income selling your data to the gov’t, then shifts, and diffuses, the blame on to the “gov’t”.
It’s obvious to me that the way to fix this is to prohibit corporations from collecting or storing the data in the first place.
Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
Your last sentence makes a very valid point, and people might pay more attention to it if you weren’t trying so hard to slam the owner of this website. Yes, the government should be protecting us from these companies with privacy laws, not collaborating with them.
Re: Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
I don’t believe that there would be a benefit to consumers by doing what you advocate. Collecting and storing some types of data are a feature.
Abusing the feature (whether by law or simple practice) is the issue.
Then, you’d have to determine how far to track the issue to “fix” the problem. Your employer knows every bit of info about you including stuff that you don’t put on google/facebook etc. So does the state (DMV et al). So does your freakin’ parents. Should we wipe our parents memory when you attain majority? I suppose at that point, someone should just kill the grandparents because they may remember too much.
Are there things that these companies collect/store that they shouldn’t. Maybe. Depends on the service and what you are paying for it. Should the government be able to gather and disseminate that information under the guise of “cybersecurity” is another question altogether.
Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
Nope. Your usual rant (as usual) is incorrect. You see, there isn’t any money in it for your listed companies to “share” this data. Quite the opposite. They have to spend resources doing it and risk pissing off their customers at the same time.
This money grab is all about how many dollars can or congressional “representatives” send on to contractors to go and gather and disseminate the info for them. That’s why the tech companies aren’t bitching you see. This is a cost reduction exercise that they don’t have to lift a finger to enact. Plus, it excludes them from any liability (real your OOTB imagined).
You rail against these “corporations” but you never have a valid money trail nor germane allocation of “blame”. I don’t dislike you because you wear a tinfoil hat, I dislike you because it’s made of cardboard and has a point on it.
Re: Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
You see, there isn’t any money in it for your listed companies to “share” this data. Quite the opposite. They have to spend resources doing it and risk pissing off their customers at the same time.
You’re right. There isn’t any money in “sharing” the data but there is definitely money in “selling” the data, which they are doing all the time. All that has to happen is for the government to pay for the data like other clients of these corporations and they’ll be able to get it, too.
Re: Re: Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
These companies are conducting citizen surveillance and monitoring everything we do. We could phase out government altogether and the data collection and surveillance would continue. And then whatever used to be done in the name of government will be done in the name of private enterprise with the added bonus of a profit motive.
Opinion: The Internet is a surveillance state – CNN.com: “The Internet is a surveillance state. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, and whether we like it or not, we’re being tracked all the time. Google tracks us, both on its pages and on other pages it has access to. Facebook does the same; it even tracks non-Facebook users. Apple tracks us on our iPhones and iPads. One reporter used a tool called Collusion to track who was tracking him; 105 companies tracked his Internet use during one 36-hour period.”
Re: Re: Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
Imagine this scenario. The US government gets out of the spy and crime business. But it contracts it out. It goes to Facebook, Google, and others and says, “Develop some profiles to identify potential mass murderers, terrorists, cyberfraud folks, and so on, and we’ll pay you based on your interception successes. We’ll pay you very well if you make this a safer, more secure, more trustworthy country.”
Governments already contract with private prison companies, security companies, and war-related companies. It’s very much in the realm of possibility for everything to be privatized. The monitoring goes on, but instead of government workers, the people getting their hands dirty work for private companies. And if Google and Facebook don’t want to do it directly, another company comes along, develops the profiles, and pays Google, Facebook, and others for access to specifically targeted audiences deemed a risk via big data.
Re: Re: Re:2 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
That is the most dangerous suggestion I have ever heard, and incentive for the companies to accuse people that are poor customers.
Re: Re: Re:3 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
It’s already been suggested that the private prison lobby is behind certain anti-immigration laws in order to increase the number of people in prison. And we can see how the NRA influences gun laws. We also see how security companies benefit from airport screening.
What I am saying is that private companies are gathering considerable data on people already. And they are selling it to customers. The government could become a customer, too.
Pointing a finger at government agencies because they are government agencies overlooks all that is being done by private companies.
Re: Re: Re:4 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
Here. Look at this and imagine the possibilities. Imagine that the same data that predicts what people will buy can also predict what crimes they might commit. They won’t be arrested unless they commit those crimes, but they can be more closely monitored to make sure that they don’t.
Big data, non-stop monitoring, and predictions about consumer behavior are what companies are selling today. It’s much more in-depth than what government agencies are doing.
The Future of Consumer Profiling Is Here!
Re: Re: Re:5 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
Add in re-education camps Chinese style, and companies have a reason to want people found guilty on suspicion. Their would be profit for the company that made the accusation, and the one that got the labour. It would be ‘Work makes free’ with a vengeance.
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Facebook Expands Targeted Advertising Through Outside Data Sources – NYTimes.com: “In late February, Facebook announced partnerships with four companies that collect lucrative behavioral data, from store loyalty card transactions and customer e-mail lists to divorce and Web browsing records.
“They include Acxiom, which aggregates data from a variety of sources, including financial services companies, court records and federal government documents; Datalogix, which claims to have a database on the spending habits of more than 100 million Americans in categories like fine jewelry, cough medicine and college tuition; and Epsilon, which also collects transaction data from retailers.”
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Location Data Can Uniquely Identify Cellphone Users | Popular Science: “Just a few data points from a location-tracking cellphone are enough to identify most people, a new study found. … The study fits in with growing evidence that fairly publicly available data?cellphone location data is open to many location-tracking apps, for example?is not as anonymous as you might think.”
Re: 3rd parties = Google, Facebook, Twitter, Techdirt...
You forgot the RIAA, and their ridiculously inaccurate investigative companies.
Oh, wait. That’s because you’re too much of a cocksucking chickenshit to criticise them. Never mind.
I hope this is not the short list.
If only the American people had the guts that the Syrian people do…
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If only we were as oppressed, but we’re getting there.
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We are. Syria just has less bread and fewer circuses to distract their attention.
Why not list the one’s that can’t…or would that page be blank?
Well they fought off the original attempt vigorously. Of course no one seems to talking up the new effort at all on the Net whether it be a corporation like Google or other important public entity. The EFF will become more passive like they did with Six Strikes. zzzz
It would be much shorter
It would be a lot shorter/quicker to list only those agencies and entities who CAN’T access your data under CISPA…
Abuse
With less privacy there is always a increased potential for abuse of information.
In case someone cyber-attacks their slippers ?
it should actually say ‘which government agencies CANNOT see your data? the answer then being NONE! ALL of them can see it!’
and no one will think this is bad (until they are affected, of course). no one will make this list available to the people, via, for example, a media post on the news channels. that means 99.999% of the population wont know what is going on until it’s too late and everyone can see everything about everyone else!
Jesus Christ! Why the fuck the “United States Department of Energy” would need any information? I wonder if it’s a common mental disorder in politics not to be able to focus and treat things narrowly? Why is it so hard to ask for a warrant to get the data? If the judicial works closely with law enforcement warrants can be issued in minutes when the situation asks for it. I’ve seen it done plenty of times in Brazil I’m sure the US can achieve such efficiency without fucking up with privacy, due process and the 4th Amendment.
One Important Office Missing?
Interesting that they are excluding the one potential oversight agency at each location. Where are the Offices of Inspector General? Shouldn’t they have access to oversee if abuse should occur on these data requests? CISPA might violate the 1974 IG Act..
Follow the money when big tech lobbies
This just came out. Here’s a company that tells you why government is evil, and then charges you for the privilege of bypassing that government service.
How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing – ProPublica: “The disclosures show that Intuit as recently as 2011 lobbied on two bills, both of which died, that would have allowed many taxpayers to file pre-filled returns for free. The company also lobbied on bills in 2007 and 2011 that would have barred the Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, from initiating return-free filing.”