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We expect a vote on the Senate cyber-security bill THIS WEEK. Our activism has already generated huge improvements in the bill -- but we need to keep PUSHING AGAINST surveillance advocates' attempts to undermine our gains, and we need to keep PUSHING FOR more privacy protections.

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The Senate version of CISPA looks like it'll be voted on later THIS WEEK. We need senators to OPPOSE the bill, but SUPPORT pro-privacy amendments to it. Please add your name at right to email your Senators.



But let's highlight some good news: Our efforts to secure Internet freedom and privacy protections have largely worked -- and frankly, far better than we'd expected. Provisions have been added to:



-Keep the data in the hands of civilian agencies (as opposed to the National Security Agency);

-Restrict the government's use of the information to cyber security issues and the prevention of immediate physical harm;

-Require annual reporting on the data's use;

-Let Americans sue the government for abuse; and

-A clandestine attack on Net Neutrality has been removed.



Now these changes are under attack by pro-surveillance forces.



Please add your name to help us protect privacy rights as this bill moves forward. Just click here:



http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa_senate?referring_akid=1439.112618.Ch5upa&source=taf



There's still work ahead of us: Surveillance advocates are likely to attack these new privacy provisions, while our allies are going to offer further amendments to make the bill better. We'll update you on details as they become available, but for now, please send an email to your senators urging them to vote in ways that protect our privacy rights and Internet freedom.



Just click here to email the Senate -- the vote is THIS WEEK:



http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa_senate?referring_akid=1439.112618.Ch5upa&source=taf



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