0 the practice of creating and understanding codes that keep information secret --
I am not sure that the section on approved cryptography providers could not have been dropped altogether.
Cryptography is a crucial point in the debate on protecting citizens and businesses.
In other words cryptography can be used as an electronic signature.
A key tool to secure the confidentiality of electronic communications is encryption or cryptography.
Cryptography, that is, the electronic coding of data, has advantages in terms of confidentiality, but it also offers a refuge for organized crime.
If we abandoned those words, the problem is that we would end up with a completely circular definition of cryptography support services.
A register of approved providers of cryptography support services will be established.
There will be no mandatory link between key escrow and being an approved provider of cryptography services under the proposed e-commerce legislation.