Maps summarizing the import,
export, and domestic crypto controls around the world. Test your geographic
knowledge!
Also see Simon Hunt's Google map of
International Crypto and Encryption Law.
For background information, see my Ph.D. thesis, The Crypto Controversy. A Key Conflict in the Information
Society (Kluwer Law International, 1999). How can and should governments address the
law-enforcement problems of cryptography?
This survey gives an overview of the current state of affairs, with entries per country on
import/export controls, domestic
laws, developments to restrict cryptography, and developments favoring crypto use. For more
background on the crypto
policy dilemma, see my Ph.D. thesis The Crypto
Controversy. A Key Conflict in the Information Society (Kluwer Law
International, 1999).
Cryptography used for digital signatures is not covered by
this survey. For regulation of digital signatures, see
Digital
Signatures and Law.
See also (but largely outdated): Stewart Baker & Paul Hurst, sub免费网络加速器from August 1998 and
the extensive survey by EPIC and GILC,
Cryptography and Liberty 2000
(earlier version: 1998). And see generally on export controls
Simo-Pekka Parviainen's 旋风sub加速器 (particularly on the EU).
This survey of cryptography laws is based on several reports, information from the Internet
and personal communications. I
have not consulted all original texts of relevant regulations; in many cases, I have relied on the
sources listed. These
findings, therefore, do not pretend to be exhaustive or legally reliable.
I thank all who have provided me with information for this survey. Please send comments,
corrections, updates, and
additional information to E.J.Koops@uvt.nl to
help me keep this survey updated. If you have questions, feel free to ask,
but please check the FAQ first.
