Understand the legal context

As you are organizing and prioritizing the needs of the organization, and weighing what is feasible, it is important that you understand the legal context that could impact the decisions you make. For example, before recommending that an organization implement email encryption, you should know whether or not encryption is illegal in the country for which the organization is based.

Legal resources

• MLDI: Media Legal Defence Initiative www.mediadefence.org - 
• List of how different countries define "cyber" terms:  https://www.newamerica.org/cyber-global/cyber-definitions/
• Crypto laws organized by country:  http://www.cryptolaw.org/ 
• Fundación Acceso Investigarion on Leagal aspects relecant to HRD in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras)
•  http://acceso.or.cr/files/Investigacion-Privacidad-Digital-FA.pdf
• EFF new legal study of 8 countries in Latin America (To be launched at RightCon 2016)

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