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The Cato Institute
presents:
"Toward a New Encryption Policy: Facilitating On-Line Commerce"

featuring

Sen. Conrad Burns
(R - Montana)

and

Marc Rotenberg
Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center

Encryption is a way to protect computer files so that only someone with a secret "key" can read them. The Clinton administration has vigorously defended restrictions on the export of strong encryption technology. Those export controls hurt business and consumers by discouraging the spread of technology that guarantees the security and privacy of on-line communications. Senator Burns and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) have sponsored legislation that would lift export controls on software that is generally available to consumers. This Policy Forum was held at the Cato Institute on Monday, July 29, 1996.