Encryption Law by Country
Where strong encryption is a right, restricted, or compelled. National law and policy, mirrored per country.
Source: Global Partners Digital, World Map of Encryption, updated 2026-07-02. Full data at www.gp-digital.org/world-map-of-encryption
Encryption Law by Country (196)
General right to encryption
No known legislation or policies.
Mandatory minimum or maximum encryption strength
No known legislation or policies.
Licensing/registration requirements
No known legislation or policies.
Import/export controls
No known legislation or policies.
Other restrictions
Article 21 of the Special Law for the Interception of Telecommunications (Legislative Decree No. 285 of 18 February 2010) provides that if material recorded in the course of an interception could not be translated or interpreted, in full or in part, due to encryption, protection by passwords or another similar reason, the Interception Centre shall keep the material until its translation or interpretation. The prosecutor shall indicate in detail this circumstance to the authorising judge, giving him the complete recording of the said material. Once the material is revealed, the prosecutor shall transmit a copy of it to the authorising judge. A copy of the law (in Spanish) can be found here .
Obligations on individuals to assist authorities
No known legislation or policies.
Obligations on providers to assist authorities
Article 42-D of the Law on Telecommunications (Legislative Decree No. 142 of 6 November 1997) provides that operators of commercial telecommunications networks must decode, or ensure that the authorities can decode, any communication from a subscriber or client for the purpose of obtaining certain types of information, in cases where the encryption has been provided by the service operator. The types of information are those relating to telephone calls as well as databases containing such information. A copy of the law (in Spanish) can be found here .
Assessment Text Area
The law requires that network operators or providers be able to decrypt encrypted data of subscribers or clients and permits the “Interception Office” to keep a copy of recorded material that is encrypted until it can be decrypted.
Murphy's Law