Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 127 pages
- Published by: Epic June 8, 1999
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1893044033
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1893044036
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 7 x 0.4 inches
- Weighs: 10.4 ounces
Product Description
In the second annual survey of encryption policy around the globe, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) finds that most countries in the world today have no controls on the use of cryptography. In the vast majority of countries, cryptography may be freely used, manufactured, and sold without restriction.
There is a movement towards international relaxation of regulations relating to encryption products could with a rejection of mandatory key escrow and recovery policies. The OECD Cryptography Policy Guidelines and the Ministerial Declaration of the European Union argue for the liberalization of controls on cryptography and the development of marked-based, user driven cryptography products and services.
Export controls remain the most powerful obstacle to the free flow of encryption. The revised Wassenaar Arrangement may roll back some of the liberalization sought by the OECD, particularly by restricting the key lengths of encryption that can be exported without approval licenses.
About The Author
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values. EPIC maintains a comprehensive website on privacy and civil liberties issues.
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