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
No known legislation or policies.
Obligations on individuals to assist authorities
Section 15(1) of the Interception of Communications Act provides that where an authorised officer has come into the possession of an encrypted communication by virtue of a warrant, or is likely to do so, and the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a key to the communication is in the possession of a person and disclosure of that key is necessary for the purposes of the investigation under which the warrant was issued, the officer may apply to a judge for an order requiring that person to provide disclosure of the encrypted communication. Under section 15(4), the judge must consider the extent and nature of any protected communication, the key to which is the same as that to the intercepted communication, and any adverse effect that complying with the order might have on a business carried on by the person to whom the order is addressed. Any order must require only such disclosure as is proportionate to what is sought to be achieved, allowing, where appropriate, for disclosure in such manner as would result in the putting of the communication in intelligible form other than by disclosure of the key itself. Failure to comply with a disclosure order is a criminal offence, punishable by up to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of up to TTD 5,000. A copy of the law can be found here . Section 16 of the Computer Misuse Act applies in relation to offences committee under the Computer Misuse Act or about to be so committed. Section 16(2) allows a magistrate to issue a search warrant to a police officer where there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under the Act has been or is about to be committed in any place and that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be committed is in that place. Under section 16(4), any such warrant allows the police officer to seize any computer, data, program, information, document or thing if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence under the Act has been or is about to be committed. Under section 16(5)(a)(iii), that a police officer executing a search warrant must be given access to “any information, code or technology which has the capability of retransforming or unscrambling encrypted program or data held in or available to such computer into readable and comprehensible format or text for the purpose of investigating any offence under this Act or any other offence which has been disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers under this section.” Section 16(5)(c) provides that the police officer may also require “any person in possession of decryption information to grant him or the authorised person access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating an offence.” Failure to comply with such a request is a criminal offence punishable with up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of TTD 15,000. A copy of the law can be found here .
Obligations on providers to assist authorities
Section 15(1) of the Interception of Communications Act provides that where an authorised officer has come into the possession of an encrypted communication by virtue of a warrant, or is likely to do so, and the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a key to the communication is in the possession of a person and disclosure of that key is necessary for the purposes of the investigation under which the warrant was issued, the officer may apply to a judge for an order requiring that person to provide disclosure of the encrypted communication. Under section 15(4), the judge must consider the extent and nature of any protected communication, the key to which is the same as that to the intercepted communication, and any adverse effect that complying with the order might have on a business carried on by the person to whom the order is addressed. Any order must require only such disclosure as is proportionate to what is sought to be achieved, allowing, where appropriate, for disclosure in such manner as would result in the putting of the communication in intelligible form other than by disclosure of the key itself. Failure to comply with a disclosure order is a criminal offence, punishable by up to one year’s imprisonment and a fine of up to TTD 5,000. A copy of the law can be found here . Section 16 of the Computer Misuse Act applies in relation to offences committee under the Computer Misuse Act or about to be so committed. Section 16(2) allows a magistrate to issue a search warrant to a police officer where there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under the Act has been or is about to be committed in any place and that evidence that such an offence has been or is about to be committed is in that place. Under section 16(4), any such warrant allows the police officer to seize any computer, data, program, information, document or thing if he reasonably believes that it is evidence that an offence under the Act has been or is about to be committed. Under section 16(5)(a)(iii), that a police officer executing a search warrant must be given access to “any information, code or technology which has the capability of retransforming or unscrambling encrypted program or data held in or available to such computer into readable and comprehensible format or text for the purpose of investigating any offence under this Act or any other offence which has been disclosed in the course of the lawful exercise of the powers under this section.” Section 16(5)(c) provides that the police officer may also require “any person in possession of decryption information to grant him or the authorised person access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating an offence.” Failure to comply with such a request is a criminal offence punishable with up to two years’ imprisonment and a fine of TTD 15,000. A copy of the law can be found here .
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An authorised officer in the course of an investigation may apply to a judge for an order requiring that person to provide disclosure of encrypted communication. A magistrate can also issue a search warrant to a police officer to be given access to any information, code or technology which has the capability of retransforming or unscrambling encrypted program or data held in or available to such computer into readable and comprehensible format or text for the purpose of investigating any offence. The officer may also require any person in possession of decryption information to grant him or the authorised person access to such decryption information necessary to decrypt data required for the purpose of investigating an offence.
Murphy's Law