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[FYI] UK: "Police want keys to decode private e-mail"
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- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:41:00 +0100
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ISSUE 1380
Police want keys to decode private
e-mail
By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent
THE Government was accused yesterday of
rushing through legislation that could
allow it unprecedented powers to access and
decrypt any person's private e-mail,
inspect digital communications, and
investigate data stored on their computers.
Stephen Byers, the Trade Secretary, and
Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, proposed
legislation that will make it an offence
not to decipher confidential material on
demand during a police inquiry.
Industry has three weeks to respond to
their proposals, published as part of a
consultation document on electronic
commerce, which asks for help from industry
in setting up a secure legal framework for
trading on the Internet and via electronic
links. Mr Byers said a Bill on electronic
commerce, encompassing new encryption and
data-policing proposals, will be published
after Easter.
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