Electronic Communications Bill

House of Lords bills 1999-00 24

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Great Britain Parliament House of Lords

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

The main purpose of the Bill is to help build confidence in electronic commerce and the technology underlying it by providing for: an approvals scheme for businesses and other organisations providing cryptography support services, such as electronic signature services and confidentiality services; the legal recognition of electronic signatures and the process under which they are verified, generated or communicated; and the removal of obstacles in other legislation to the use of electronic communication and storage in place of paper.