Government access to encrypted communications.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Law Library of Congress (U.S.). Global Legal Research Directorate, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Data encryption (Computer science)--Law and legislation.

Data encryption (Computer science).

Records--Access control.

Records.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation.

Telecommunication.

Archives--Access control.

Archives.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : The Law Library of Congresss, Global Legal Research Center, 2016.

Summary:

"This report describes the law of twelve nations and the European Union on whether the government, pursuant to a court order or other government process, can require companies to decrypt encrypted communications or provide the government with the means to do so. Some of the surveys provide additional information on related surveillance issues like the law on monitoring and intercepting communications. The report finds that while there is a range of approaches among the surveyed countries, a majority make provision for specified intelligence or law enforcement agencies to obtain access to encrypted communications or the means of decryption under certain circumstances."--Page 1.

Notes:

"Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, European Union, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom."

"May 2016."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF cover (Law Library of Congress, viewed August 10, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Government access to encrypted communications

OCLC:

1000312653

Access Restriction:

Access restricted to subscribing institutions.