Radio Regulations

Source: the Radio Regulations published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

ART

17

Secrecy

RR-2024 · in force CHAPTER V — Administrative provisions

In the application of the appropriate provisions of the Constitution and the Convention, administrations bind themselves to take the necessary measures to prohibit and prevent:

a) the unauthorized interception of radiocommunications not intended for the general use of the public;

b) the divulgence of the contents, simple disclosure of the existence, publication or any use whatever, without authorization of information of any nature whatever obtained by the interception of the radiocommunications mentioned in No. 17.2.

Source: ITU Radio Regulations, editions of 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. The English, French and Spanish texts are each taken from the official edition in that language, not translated from one another. Sources and citation.