Coalition Letter to Ministers Responsible for the Five Eyes Security Community

Tags: 2010s Five Eyes

Published: June 2017

URL: https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2017/07/Five-eyes-open-letter.pdf

Abstract: In June of 2017, a coalition of 83 civil society organizations and eminent individuals wrote to the Ministers Responsible for the Five Eyes Security Community to “emphasize the importance of national policies that encourage and facilitate the development and use of strong encryption.” The coalition expressed concern with a joint communiqué – published following a Five Eyes meeting – expressing a commitment to exploring solutions to the “perceived impediment posed by encryption to investigative objectives” and plans “to press technology firms to share encrypted data with security agencies.” The coalition urged an “unequivocal rejection of laws, policies, or other mandates or practices…that limit access to or undermine encryption and other secure communications tools and technologies.”