2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 19.34.240: Private key — Control — Public disclosure exemption.
(1) By accepting a certificate issued by a licensed certification authority, the subscriber identified in the certificate assumes a duty to exercise reasonable care to retain control of the private key and prevent its disclosure to a person not authorized to create the subscriber's digital signature. The subscriber is released from this duty if the certificate expires or is revoked.
(2) A private key is the personal property of the subscriber who rightfully holds it.
(3) A private key in the possession of a state agency or local agency, as those terms are defined by RCW
42.17.020, is exempt from public inspection and copying under chapter
42.56 RCW.
[2005 c 274 § 235; 1997 c 27 § 11; 1996 c 250 § 305.]
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