This is what the uk law has to say on the matter (see below) so I interpret it as this. You may not be guilty but if you don't give them the info they require in the format they require you are then guilty of that law.
3.1 Part III provides a statutory framework that enables public authorities to require protected electronic information which they have obtained lawfully or are likely to obtain lawfully be put into an intelligible form; to acquire the means to gain access to protected information and to acquire the means to put protected information into an intelligible form. 3.2 The specific provisions are: power to require disclosure of protected information in an intelligible form (section 49); power to require disclosure of the means to access protected information (section 50(3)(c); power to require disclosure of the means of putting protected information into an intelligible form (section 50(3)(c)), and power to attach a secrecy provision to any disclosure requirement (section 54). 3.3 Failure to comply with a disclosure requirement or a secrecy requirement is a criminal offence. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ Michael Griffiths - IT Systems Administrator Direct dial: +44 (0) 113 2763422 | Office: +44 (0) 113 2710033 - Ext: 203 | Mobile: +44 (0) 788 1957504 Address: Arc House | Middleton Grove| Beeston | Leeds | LS11 5BX | UK Email: michael.griffi...@arc-intl.com Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org [mailto:gnupg-users-boun...@gnupg.org] On Behalf Of Julian H. Stacey Sent: 13 August 2009 15:39 To: the dragon Cc: gnupg-users@gnupg.org Subject: Re: Two convicted in U.K. for refusal to decrypt data Hi, Reference: > From: the dragon <ce...@hotmail.com> > And if you look at the cases reported, these are not system admins refusing to divulge data, or even regular people trying to protect their privacy - they are child molestors and wanna-be terrorists. Bollocks, To be charged is not necessarily to be guilty, The concept of fair trial & presumend innocent until found guilty in a court of Law, must preceed assuming pronoun "convicted" applies to each charged. Better stick to technology. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail ASCII plain text not HTML & Base64. http://asciiribbon.org Virused Microsoft PCs cause spam. http://berklix.com/free/ _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users To ensure an optimal service, the ARC INTERNATIONAL Group uses the most powerful antiviruses and antispam systems currently available. This message and any attachments (the "message") are intended solely for the addresses and are confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accordance with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either in whole or in part, is prohibited without formal approval. The internet cannot guarantee the integrity of this message; ARC INTERNATIONAL (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
