Subd. 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[Repealed, 1998 c 321 s 31]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[Repealed, 1998 c 321 s 31]