Encryption Policy a Crowd Pleaser

Tags: 1990s Canada

Authors: Leiper, Jeff

Published: November 1998

URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/217686754?pq-origsite=summon

Abstract: In November of 1998, Jeff Leiper, of Silicon Valley North, wrote regarding the Canadian government’s recently instituted encryption policy and the resulting widespread approval of the private sector. Leiper explained that despite considerable exploration of potential restrictions on encryption, including a proposed requirement to keep keys in third-party escrow for law enforcement access, the Canadian government ultimately decided to institute a policy of business sector self-regulation, which imposed no restrictions on the development, importation or use of encryption products. Leiper credited the decision to the Canadian governments earnest response to sentiments shared at a meeting of “concerned industry players.”