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Ethical Export Policy
Software from Netresec is not subject to national export control. However, we acknowledge that some of our software could potentially be used by repressive regimes to spy on their own citizens to suppress human rights and fundamental freedoms. We have therefore created this Ethical Export Policy, which aims at preventing repressive regimes from obtaining our commercial network forensics tool NetworkMiner Professional. In short, we practice “know your customer” (as recommended by EFF) and strictly deny sales to the countries on the “No Sale” list below.
No Sale List
| Country | EU | UN |
Freedom House |
WGI | EIU | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | EU | UN | -1.57 | 0.29 | ||
| Algeria | -1.01 | |||||
| Angola | 2.65 | |||||
| Azerbaijan | FH 11 | -1.53 | 2.65 | |||
| Bahrain | FH 7 | -1.50 | 1.76 | |||
| Bangladesh | FH 11 | |||||
| Belarus | EU | FH 5 | -1.58 | 1.47 | ||
| Burundi | -1.41 | 1.76 | ||||
| Cambodia | FH 14 | -1.44 | 2.06 | |||
| Cameroon | -1.16 | 2.06 | ||||
| Central African Republic | EU | UN | -1.20 | 2.35 | ||
| Chad | -1.42 | 2.35 | ||||
| China [1] | EU | FH 0 | -1.64 | 0.59 | MITM of GitHub, Google, Yahoo, iCloud and outlook.com | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | EU | UN | -1.20 | 0.88 | ||
| Republic of the Congo | -1.24 | |||||
| Cuba | FH 7 | -1.43 | 2.94 | |||
| Djibouti | -1.30 | 2.35 | ||||
| Egypt | EU | FH 5 | -1.51 | 1.76 | ||
| Equatorial Guinea | -1.72 | 1.47 | ||||
| Eritrea | -1.93 | 0.59 | ||||
| Eswatini (Swaziland) | -1.30 | |||||
| Ethiopia | FH 10 | -1.07 | 1.47 | |||
| Guinea | 2.65 | |||||
| Guinea-Bissau | 2.35 | |||||
| Haiti | EU | UN | ||||
| Iran | EU | FH 1 | -1.47 | 1.47 | ||
| Iraq | EU | UN | FH 15 | 1.18 | ||
| Jordan | 2.94 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | FH 10 | -1.14 | 2.94 | SSL MITM (EFF, HN) | ||
| Laos / Lao DPR | -1.68 | 0.59 | ||||
| Lebanon | EU | UN | ||||
| Libya | EU | UN | FH 14 | -1.46 | 2.65 | |
| Morocco | FH 15 | |||||
| Myanmar / Burma | EU | FH 3 | -1.66 | 0.00 | ||
| Nicaragua | -1.29 | 2.65 | ||||
| North Korea | EU | UN | -2.07 | 0.00 | ||
| Oman | -1.19 | |||||
| Pakistan | FH 8 | |||||
| Qatar | -1.17 | |||||
| Russia | EU | FH 6 | -1.10 | 2.35 | ||
| Rwanda | FH 13 | 2.65 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | FH 5 | -1.59 | 1.47 | |||
| Somalia | EU | UN | -1.75 | |||
| South Sudan | EU | UN | -1.73 | |||
| Sudan | EU | UN | FH 10 | -1.47 | 1.47 | |
| Syria | EU | FH 3 (2020) | -1.92 | 0.00 | ||
| Tajikistan | -1.71 | 0.88 | ||||
| Thailand | FH 9 | |||||
| Togo | 2.94 | |||||
| Turkey | FH 8 | 2.06 | ||||
| Turkmenistan | -1.91 | 0.29 | ||||
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) | FH 7 | -1.19 | 2.35 | |||
| Uzbekistan | FH 6 | -1.40 | 0.88 | |||
| Venezuela | EU | FH 11 | -1.63 | 2.65 | ||
| Vietnam | FH 4 | -1.30 | 2.65 | |||
| West Bank and Gaza | -1.11 | |||||
| Yemen | EU | UN | -1.68 | 0.88 | ||
| Zimbabwe | EU | -1.14 |
[1] Including Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macau
Sources
We rely on several different sources in our assessment regarding what countries to put on our no sale list.
European Union (EU)
The European Union’s Restrictive measures (sanctions) in force
presents a list of countries for which the EU requires restrictive measures in economic or financial relations.
All countries with an arms embargo or "ban on exports of equipment for internal repression" are put on our no sale list.
EU list updated August 2023 based on ISP
United Nations Security Council (UN)
The UN Security Council imposes sanctions and/or more targeted measures such as arms embargoes, travel bans, financial or diplomatic restrictions.
All countries with UN arms embargoes are put on our no sale list.
UN list updated August 2023 based on ISP
Freedom House
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that speaks out against the main threats to democracy and empowers citizens to exercise their fundamental rights.
Freedom House produces a yearly report called
Freedom on the Net (October, 2023),
which evaluates the degree of internet freedom around the world based on barriers to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights.
All countries with a score of 15 or less in the “Violations of User Rights” category in this study are added to our no sale list.
The numbers appearing in the Freedom House column of our Deny List is the “Violations of User Rights” score for each respective country.
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) is a research dataset summarizing the views on the quality of governance provided by a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. These data are gathered from a number of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms.
Countries with a governance estimate below -1.00 in the “Voice and Accountability” category of the
most recent WGI (September 2022) are added to our no sale list.
The “Voice and Accountability” value reflects perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories.
One of the indicators tracked by the EIU is "Civil Liberties",
which roughly includes the freedom of conscience, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, the right to security and liberty, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to equal treatment under the law and due process, the right to a fair trial, and the right to life.
All countries with a "Civil Liberties" indicator score below 3.0 are added to our no sale list.
EIU list updated March 2023 based on Democracy Index 2022.
Other
We at Netresec maintain an additional list of countries that we for various reasons do not sell our software to.