  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.
