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Interpreting sanctions for privacy abuses in Syria, Iran

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
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  • April 27 2012

On April 22, 2012, President Obama issued an executive order authorizing new sanctions on individuals and entities that operate or provide information technology that facilitates the perpetration of human rights abuses by the Syrian and Iranian governments

New sanctions target companies providing information technologies to Syria and Iran for perpetration of human rights abuses

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • April 26 2012

On April 22, 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order authorizing new sanctions on individuals and entities that operate or provide information technology that facilitates the perpetration of human rights abuses by the Syrian and Iranian Governments

OFAC issues guidance on exports of personal communications services and software to Iran

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2012

On March 20, 2012, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued interpretive guidance and a new licensing policy regarding its rule authorizing the export to Iran of certain services and software incident to the exchange of personal communications over the Internet

BIS excludes some publicly available encryption software from export controls

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 10 2011

Most software that is "publicly available" - as that term is defined in the US Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") - is not subject to the export control restrictions contained in the EAR

OFAC authorizes the export of certain personal communications software and related services to Iran, Sudan, and Cuba

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2010

On March 10, 2010, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published a final rule authorizing the export to Iran and Sudan of certain services and software incident to personal internet-based communications

U.S. to waive Iranian sanctions on export of certain personal communications software

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2009

The U.S. State Department is recommending to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) that OFAC issue a general license authorizing the free download to Iran of certain mass market software used for personal internet-based communications

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