Questions |
Responses |
Notes |
Whether the suggested scope of an exclusion from licensing for
intra-company TTPs is appropriate (Paragraph 50) |
77% agreed |
14% disagreed |
9% did not comment |
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Whether, in the short term, it would be sufficient for business
to rely on agreements under contract regarding the integrity of
documents and identification of signatures; or whether it would be
helpful for legislation to introduce some form of rebuttable
presumption for recognition of signed electronic documents
(Paragraph 54) |
37% preferred contract |
54% preferred rebuttable presumption |
9% commented neither way |
Most of those that preferred the contract approach also wanted
more assurance that the courts would indeed accept electronic
signatures |
The appropriateness of the proposed arrangements for licensing
and regulation (Paragraph 60) |
40% agreed with the proposed arrangements |
42% disagreed with the proposed arrangements |
18% did not comment |
Most of those that disagreed would accept a less strict form of
regulatory regime. |
Views on the proposed conditions (Paragraph 65) |
44% agreed with the proposed conditions |
29% did not comment |
One of the main reasons for disagreement was that the conditions
would be too expensive to meet. |
What if any, specific exemptions for particular organisations
offering encryption services would be appropriate depending on the
nature of the services offered? (Paragraph 70) |
There were a number of organisations who
specifically wanted their own services excluded for confidentiality
reasons.
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There is some correlation between the responses requesting
exclusion and the notion of having a two or more tiered licensing
regime e.g. minimum exclusions for CA only type services and maximum
exclusion for confidentiality services. |
Whether it is thought desirable to licence the provision of
encryption services to businesses and citizens wholly outside the
UK? (Paragraph 71) |
37% agreed |
16% disagreed |
47% did not comment |
One of the most common comments was that that international
harmonisation was important. |