On Thu, 19 Oct 1995 jbaber@mi.leeds.ac.uk wrote:
I believe that the laws regarding the export of crypto from the UK are very similar to the ITAR regs in the US. However our Government seems
According to the well researched list of various countries' crypto-laws that Bert-Jaap Koops published on this list last July, the UK does not have any laws against export of crypto. Here are some excerpts. Mats ***************************************************************** CRYPTO LAW SURVEY Version July 1995 Bert-Jaap Koops (koops@kub.nl) Please credit if quoting. .................................<snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------- SURVEY PER COUNTRY 1. Export/ import regulations 2. Other laws/regulations pertaining to encryption 3. Threats/ intentions to regulate encryption 4. Regulations stimulating encryption use ---------------------------------------------------------------- _COCOM_ 1. COCOM (Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls) is an international organization (Japan, Australia, and all NATO members, Ireland excluded) for the mutual control (and restriction) of strategic arms export. It maintains, among others, the International Industrial List and the International Munitions List. In 1991, COCOM has decided to allow export of mass-market cryptographic software (including public domain software). Some member countries of COCOM follow its regulations, but others, such as Germany and the United States, maintain separate regulations. .............................<snip> _United Kingdom_ 1. COCOM regulations. 2. no 3. In its policy on the information superhighway, Labour states it does not approve of escrowed encryption, but it wishes authorities to have the power to demand decryption under judicial warrant. It seems, then, that Labour intends to penalize a refusal to comply with a demand to decrypt under judicial warrant. .............................<snip> END