(a) Release. Technical data is released through:
- (1) Visual or other inspection by foreign persons of a defense article that reveals technical data to a foreign person;
- (2) Oral or written exchanges with foreign persons of technical data in the United States or abroad;
- (3) The use of access information to cause or enable a foreign person, including yourself, to access, view, or possess unencrypted technical data; or
- (4) The use of access information to cause technical data outside of the United States to be in unencrypted form.