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Electronic Communications Act 2000

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An Act to make provision to facilitate the use of electronic communications and electronic data storage; to make provision about the modification of licences granted under section 7 of the
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the power to create a registration regime for encryption services. This was given a five-year period before it would automatically lapse, which eventually happened in May 2006.
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The United Kingdom government had come to the conclusion that encryption, encryption services and electronic signatures would be important to
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By 1999, however, only the security services still hankered after key escrow. So a "
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Telecommunications Act 1984
Citation
Royal assent
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Electronic Communications Act 2000
legislation.gov.uk
Act
Parliament of the United Kingdom
cryptographic
electronic signatures
e-commerce
sunset clause
Home Office
"Net leaves the law behind"
BBC News Online
An account from the Foundation For Information Policy Research
Archived
Wayback Machine
Text of the Electronic Communications Act 2000
legislation.gov.uk
Stub icon
legislation
United Kingdom
stub
expanding it
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t
e

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