New Australian Anti-Encryption Law - Not Applicable





With respects to the new Australia's anti-encryption law, this new law is not applicable to Passwordstate and Click Studio's software - we are not a "DESIGNATED COMMUNICATION PROVIDER". - as advised by Click Studios' legal team.



An excerpt from the bill below states:



"includes anyone who "provides an electronic service that has one or more end-users in Australia", anyone who "develops, supplies or updates software used, for use, or likely to be used, in connection with: (a) a listed carriage service; or (b) an electronic service that has one or more end-users in Australia", device manufacturers, and even anyone who "manufactures or supplies components for use, or likely to be used, in the manufacture of customer equipment for use, or likely to be used, in Australia."



Click Studios is not a designated communication provider, nor do we provide electronic services. In Addition, neither Click Studios nor the Australian Government, has access to your environment, data or encryption keys - Passwordstate is an On-Premise solution, where access control is wholly governed by your own company.



Click Studios would never include a "back door" into our software, and for assurance that Passwordstate is not reporting any data outside of your own internal network, you can use a product like Wireshark to trace outgoing connections. The only time Passwordstate will make calls to the internet, is under the following conditions:



If you allow it to check for new builds - this will make a call to this file - https://www.clickstudios.com.au/NewBuildInfo.xml

If you use the In-Place Upgrade feature - this will make a call to this page https://www.clickstudios.com.au/getupgradefile.aspx, which will then redirect to https://passwordstate-8665.kxcdn.com/passwordstate_upgrade.zip

If you use a Two-Factor Authentication option which needs access to a 3rd party provider like Duo Authentication

If you would like to speak further with Click Studios on this matter, please contact us via our Support page here - https://www.clickstudios.com.au/support-agreement.aspx



It is with much embarrassment that our government has passed such a bill, which we apologise for, and to find more information on this law, please refer to the following page - https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6195

Regards

Click Studios