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. [Repealed, 1998 c 321 s 31] Subd. 2a. Possession of private key. A certification authority cannot hold a private key on behalf of a subscriber. Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1998 c 321 s 31] History: 1997 c 178 s 14; 1998 c 321 s 19
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