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
Section 11(1) of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 creates a criminal offence of “misuse of encryption”, namely where a person, for the purpose of the commission of an offence or concealment of incriminating evidence, encrypts in any electronic system any incriminating communication or data contained relating to the offence or incriminating evidence. The offence is punishable by a fine of up to XCD 100,000, imprisonment of up to three years or both. A copy of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 can be found here .
Obligations on individuals to assist authorities
Section 22(1) of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 provides that a police officer may apply to a court for a warrant to access, search and seize data where they can show that the stored data would be relevant for the purposes of an investigation or the prosecution of an offence. Under section 22(2), the powers of the police officer executing the warrant include powers to “access any information, code or technology which has the capability of transforming or unscrambling encrypted data contained or available to an electronic system into readable and comprehensible format or text” for the purpose of investigating any offence under the Act or any other offence which is disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers. This also includes the power to “require a person in possession of the decryption information to grant the police officer access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating the offence”. Failure to comply with a request made by a police officer is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to XCD 10,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both. A copy of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 can be found here .
Obligations on providers to assist authorities
Section 22(1) of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 provides that a police officer may apply to a court for a warrant to access, search and seize data where they can show that the stored data would be relevant for the purposes of an investigation or the prosecution of an offence. Under section 22(2), the powers of the police officer executing the warrant include powers to “access any information, code or technology which has the capability of transforming or unscrambling encrypted data contained or available to an electronic system into readable and comprehensible format or text” for the purpose of investigating any offence under the Act or any other offence which is disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers. This also includes the power to “require a person in possession of the decryption information to grant the police officer access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating the offence”. Failure to comply with a request made by a police officer is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of up to XCD 10,000, imprisonment of up to one year, or both. A copy of the Electronic Crimes Act, 2013 can be found here .
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Per Grenadian law, police officers may apply for a warrant to access, search and seize data from either service providers or individuals in cases where they can show that the stored data would be relevant for the purposes of an investigation or the prosecution of an offence. The warrant entitles officers to access any information, code or technology which has the capability of transforming or unscrambling encrypted data into readable and comprehensible text. The law also requires any person(s) in possession of decryption information to provide the police officers with access to such information. Failure to comply is a criminal offence punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both. “Misuse of encryption”, namely where a person uses encryption to conceal incriminating data, is also punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both.
Murphy's Law