“The Government’s new powers to force the handover of encryption keys could be vulnerable to a legal challenge under the Human Rights Act’s guarantee to a fair trial. People who refuse keys or passwords face up to five years in jail.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th January 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Companies get no warning about early morning raids by authorities, but they can put in place procedures to deal with them.”
The Times, 11th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Animal rights activists are thought to be the first Britons to be asked to hand over to the police keys to data encrypted on their computers.”
BBC News, 20th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Users of encryption technology can no longer refuse to reveal keys to UK authorities after amendments to the powers of the state to intercept communications took effect on Monday (Oct 1).”
The Register, 3rd October 2007
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
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