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DDTC Issues FAQ for Encryption Rule

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued a new frequently asked question designed to help users of the recently released encryption rule (see 2003260005) better understand the “provision of access information to foreign persons,” the agency said in a March…

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27 notice. The DDTC said violations can occur under this provision if a “regulated person” provides access information to a foreign person who is able to access the encrypted technical data in an “unencrypted form” but is “not authorized to have the technical data.”