1997 Minnesota Statutes

     325K.13 Control of private key. 

    Subdivision 1.    Duty.  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. 

    Subd. 2.    Private property.  A private key is the 
 personal property of the subscriber who rightfully holds it. 

    Subd. 3.    Authority as fiduciary.  If a certification 
 authority holds the private key corresponding to a public key 
 listed in a certificate that it has issued, the certification 
 authority holds the private key as a fiduciary of the subscriber 
 named in the certificate, and may use that private key only with 
 the subscriber's prior written approval, unless the subscriber 
 expressly grants the private key to the certification authority 
 and expressly permits the certification authority to hold the 
 private key according to other terms. 

    HIST: 1997 c 178 s 14