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Technical Capability Notice (TCN)

A power under IPA 2016 s.253 allowing the UK Secretary of State to require a communications provider to maintain the capability to produce intelligible (decrypted) intercept data. Use against Apple's iCloud encryption in 2024 became publicly known and generated international regulatory and commercial controversy.

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Automatic Speaker Recognition (ASR)Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 s.63CLOUD Act 2018ePrivacy DirectiveIndian Telegraph Act 1885 s.5(2)IPA 2016 s.56Judicial Commissioner (IPCO)MLATPUCL judgment 1997

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