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U.S. hopes GHRAVITY will ground Iranian and Syrian depravity
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- Iran, Syria, USA
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- April 28 2012
President Obama has issued an executive order, “Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry into the United States of Certain Persons With Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Syria via Information Technology” (aka “the GHRAVITY E.O.”), that gives the Secretary of the Treasury the power to impose sanctions on entities that help the governments of Iran and Syria use modern technologies to commit human rights abuses
Treasury issues guidance on exports of personal communications services to Iran
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- March 24 2012
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has 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
"Border searches" may occur far from the border
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- April 30 2011
As we previously reported, the Ninth Circuit ruled in 2008 that the "border search" doctrine permits government agents to search laptops and other electronic devices at international border crossings without any suspicion of criminal wrongdoing
U.S. removes export controls for some publicly available encryption software
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- January 15 2011
Most software that is “publicly available” as defined in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR) is not subject to U.S. export controls
UK grants new General Export Licence for encryption products
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- United Kingdom
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- October 30 2010
On October 14, the UK Export Control Organisation granted a new Open General Export Licence (OGEL) to allow for the license-free export of certain cryptographic hardware, software, and technology to a wide range of countries
When it comes to encryption export rules, "liberalization" does not mean "simplification"
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- July 3 2010
Late last month, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) revised its encryption rules contained in the Export Administration Regulations
When does a border search cross the line?
- Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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- USA
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- June 19 2010
Several federal courts of appeal have held that the government can search electronic devices carried across the border by incoming travelers without probable cause or even reasonable suspicion that a crime has occurred
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- Workarea - Trade & Customs
- Author - Sally Albertazzie
- Firm Name - Steptoe & Johnson LLP