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<call-record-allowed-flags>
    <!-- Disable recording for Andorra:
         Article 183 of the Andorran Penal Code sets a prison sentence of one to four years as the
         punishment for attempting or succeeding to infringe on the privacy of another person
         without his or her consent. This includes intercepting calls or using technical means to
         listen, transmit, record or reproduce their calls. Article 185 and 188 of the Andorran
         Penal Code describe the length of imprisonment when sharing recordings with third parties,
         even if one has not partaken in their creation, unless the party was unaware of their
         illicit origin. The attempt to do any of the above is also punishable by law.

         Penal Code, as of 2014:
           https://sherloc.unodc.org/res/cld/document/codi_penal_andorra_as_of_2014_html/Andorra_codi_penal_as_of_2014.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="ad" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Albania:
         Relevant laws and/or legal precedents:
         Article 121, 122 and 123 of the Albanian Penal Code cover the right to privacy, wiretapping
         and harming other via dissemination of their secrets. Based on these, it is not a criminal
         offense to record your own calls, but sharing them with a third party or using them to harm
         the other party in said calls is a criminal offense.

         Penal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           http://rai-see.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Criminal-Code-11-06-2015-EN.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="al" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Armenia:
         The Armenian Criminal Code discusses the legality and punishment of call recordings, when
         recorded by a third party, otherwise known as wiretapping. Since the Criminal Code does not
         specifically mention call recording done by a person that is a party to the call, with or
         without consent, then the act of doing so is not a criminal offense, as it carries no
         punishment whatsoever.

         Criminal Code:
           https://www.unodc.org/res/cld/document/armenia_criminal_code_html/Armenia_Criminal_Code_of_the_Republic_of_Armenia_2009.pdf

         Two examples of usage of call recordings, without persecution:
           https://fip.am/803
           https://fip.am/4500
    -->
    <country iso="am" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Argentina:
         Argentina follows the continental law system. If a law does not exist, which defines
         something as a crime, it is not a crime. Judges in Argentina make decisions based on their
         reading of the law, and not on precedents. Call recording is currently not defined as a
         crime in any law. This is defined in Section 19 of the Constitution of Argentina.

         Constitution: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.senadoctes.gov.ar/constitucion-arg/Constitution%20of%20the%20Argentine%20Nation.htm

         Example of usage of call recordings as legal evidence:
           https://www.scribd.com/document/326647534/H-P-C-F-s-recurso-de-casacion
    -->
    <country iso="ar" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for American Samoa:
         Federal Law 18 USC § 2511(2)(d) defines the recording of a call as legal when one party to
         the call agrees to it, if said call recording is not done with the intention of committing
         a crime. This territory of the United States conforms with its Federal legislation.
         For further information, check 'us'.

         U.S. Code: Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure:
           https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2511
    -->
    <country iso="as" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Austria
         According to Article 93 (3) of Austrian Communications Law, known as TKG 2003
         Kommunikationsgeheimnis, it is illegal to recordor pass on information about a call, unless
         you are one of the parties in that call. While recording is not illegal, sharing the
         recording might be a punishable offense, without the consent of both sides.

         Communications Law:
           https://www.jusline.at/gesetz/tkg/paragraf/93
           https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002849
    -->
    <country iso="at" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Australia:
         Australian Capital Territory:
           Subsection 4(3)(b) Listening Devices Act 1992 (ACT)
             https://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/act/consol_act/lda1992181/s4.html
           A person must not use a listening device with the intention of recording a private
           conversation to which the person is a party. This does not apply when said listening
           device is used by, or on behalf of, a party to a private conversation if a principal
           party to the conversation consents to the listening device being so used, and the
           recording of the conversation is considered by that principal party, on reasonable
           grounds, to be necessary for the protection of that principal party's lawful interests;
           or the recording is not made for the purpose of communicating or publishing the
           conversation, or a report of the conversation, to any person who is not a party to the
           conversation.

         New South Wales:
           Subsection 7(3)(b) Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NSW)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/sda2007210/s7.html
           A person must not knowingly use a listening device to record a private conversation to
           which the person is a party. This does not apply when a principal party to the
           conversation consents to the listening device being so used and the recording of the
           conversation is reasonably necessary for the protection of the lawful interests of that
           principal party, or is not made for the purpose of communicating or publishing the
           conversation, or a report of the conversation, to persons who are not parties to the
           conversation.

         Northern Territory:
           Subsection 11(1)(a) Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (NT)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nt/num_act/sda200719o2007256/s11.html
           Subsection 43, Emergency use of listening device in public interest
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nt/num_act/sda200719o2007256/s43.html
           It is an offence to use a listening device to record a private conversation to which the
           person is not a party and the device is used without the express or implied consent of
           each party to the conversation. Under Section 43, a person may use a listening device to
           record a private conversation if at the time of use there are reasonable grounds for
           believing the circumstances are so serious and the matter is of such urgency that the use
           of the device is in the public interest.

         Queensland:
           Subsection 43(2)(a) Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 (Qld)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/iopa1971222/s43.html
           A person is guilty of an offence, if the person uses a listening device to record a
           private conversation and is liable to a maximum penalty of 40 penalty units or
           imprisonment for 2 years. This does not apply when the person using the listening device
           is a party to the private conversation.

         South Australia:
           Subsection 4(2)(a)(ii) Surveillance Devices Act 2016 (SA)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/sa/consol_act/sda2016210/s4.html
           A person must not knowingly use a listening device to record a private conversation to
           which the person is, or is not a party. The maximum penalty is $15 000 or imprisonment
           for 3 years. This does not apply if the use of a listening device is done by a party to
           the private conversation if the use of the device is reasonably necessary for the
           protection of the lawful interests of that person.

         Tasmania:
           Subsection 5(3)(b) Listening Devices Act 1991 (TAS)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/tas/consol_act/lda1991181/s5.html
           A person shall not use a listening device to record a private conversation to which the
           person is, or is not, a party. This does not apply when the listening device is used to
           obtain evidence or information in connection with an imminent threat of serious violence
           to persons or of substantial damage to property, or a serious narcotics offence, if the
           person using the listening device believes on reasonable grounds that it was necessary to
           use the device immediately to obtain that evidence or information. This does not apply if
           a principal party to the conversation consents to the listening device being so used and
           the recording of the conversation is reasonably necessary for the protection of the
           lawful interests of that principal party or the recording of the conversation is not made
           for the purpose of communicating or publishing the conversation, or a report of the
           conversation, to persons who are not parties to the conversation.

         Victoria:
           Subsection 6(1) Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (NSW)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/vic/consol_act/sda1999210/s6.html
           A person must not knowingly use a listening device to record a private conversation to
           which the person is not a party. The penalty is up to 2 years imprisonment and up to 240
           penalty units, or both.

         Western Australia:
           Subsection 5(3)(d) Surveillance Devices Act 1998 (WA)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/wa/consol_act/sda1998210/s5.html
           Subsection 26(1)(2)(3)(b)
             https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/wa/consol_act/sda1998210/s26.html
           A person shall not use a listening device to record a conversation to which that person
           is, or is not, a party. The penalty is $5 000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
           This does not apply to the use of a listening device by a party to a private conversation
           if that principal party consents to its use, as reasonably necessary for the protection
           of the lawful interests of that principal party. It is also not applicable in cases where
           a person who is a party to a private conversation, or is acting on behalf of a party to a
           private conversation, uses a listening device to record said private conversation,
           believing that the use of the listening device is in the public interest.

         Summary:
           Most states and territories allow to make a recording of your personal conversations
           under specific circumstances. The wording of the laws themselves are open to
           legal interpretation and can be used against users. Until the laws above are presented
           in a more clear way or enough evidence is shown to substantiate how the courts interpret
           them when prosecuting private citizens, Australia shall not have call recording enabled.
    -->
    <country iso="au" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Bosnia and Herzegovina:
         Republika Srpska:
           Article 155 - Unauthorized eavesdropping and tone recording.
           Paragraph 1 specifically states 'which is not intended for him', which in context means
           that a person may record anything which is intended for him or her. Paragraph 2 defines
           the creation of a record with the intent to abuse and/or misuse it, or the act of sharing
           it with a third party as a criminal offense.
           Other Articles that might be relevant:
             Article 153, Privacy of letters, telegrams and others.
             Article 157, Unauthorized use of Personal Data.

         Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
           Article 188, Unauthorized Tapping and Sound Recording, defines the recording of any call
           'which is not intended for public or private knowledge', as a criminal offense.

         Brčko District:
           Article 185 of the Criminal Code specifically states 'which was not intended for him',
           which in context means that a party may record any call which is indended for said party.
           Wiretapping is considered a crime and is criminally punishable.

         Further information:
           The Criminal Codes of the legal entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, namely Republika
           Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brčko District, can all be found
           through the link below. Please note that these three entities currently have separate
           laws, due to administrative and/or judicial autonomy. It should be noted that these
           different entities have over 15 police forces, each with its own jurisdiction.
           https://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/40/Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina/show
    -->
    <country iso="ba" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Belgium:
         As stated in the official response below, Belgian law does not consider the recording of
         one's personal communications as a punishable offense. Using said recordings in a
         fraudulent and/or demeaning way does carry the potential for liability and/or prosecution
         by the state. The recording of one's own calls might be regarded as a form of personal data
         processing, depending on the specifics of the case. Specific laws and cases are quoted
         within the official response. The Belgian municipality of Baarle-Hertog, consisting of a
         number of exclaves, has territory which is within the Dutch province of North Brabant, and
         as such it may not be within the confines of the Belgian ISO and its inherent laws.

         Official Response by Belgian Minister (QRVA 50 157, pages 20199-20202, 24/02/2003):
           https://www.lachambre.be/QRVA/pdf/50/50K0157.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="be" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Bulgaria:
         Article 32(2) of the Bulgarian Constitution states that it is an inviolable right for
         people to not be followed, photographed, recorded (audio and/or video) without being
         notified and/or despite his or her explicit disagreement to said actions, except where the
         law allows for said actions. The Code of Criminal Procedure, Part III, Articles 125 and
         126, page 34, deal with the use of recordings as evidence. No law explicitly tackles the
         issue of consent when recording one's personal telephone calls. Based on the available
         documentation and the attached example of lack of state prosecution, recording one's own
         calls is not legal, nor is it a criminal offense. Personal recordings are unlikely to be
         a valid form of evidence in a court of law.

         Constitution:
           https://www.parliament.bg/bg/const

         Code of Criminal Procedure:
           https://www.mvr.bg/docs/default-source/normativnauredba/3da73fed-npk-pdf.pdf

         Example of lack of state prosecution:
           https://goo.gl/HQPUup
    -->
    <country iso="bg" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Brazil:
         Call recording is not a criminal offense when it the recording is made by one of the two
         parties of said call. Interception by a third party is illegal and punishable by law,
         unless done according to the requirements set out in Law 9296. There may be some debate, as
         far as the use of a call recording as legitimate evidence. Further information is available
         in the attached legal discussions below.

         Law 9296 of the 24th of July 1996: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l9296.htm

         Constitution of Brazil, Art 5º, X and XII:
           https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/consti/1988/constituicao-1988-5-outubro-1988-322142-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html

         Legal discussions:
           https://direitosbrasil.com/gravar-conversa-e-crime/
           https://meusitejuridico.com.br/2018/04/02/stj-e-licita-gravacao-de-conversa-feita-pelo-destinatario-de-solicitacao-de-vantagem-indevida
           https://moisesandrade.jusbrasil.com.br/artigos/121944095/constitucionalidade-do-uso-da-gravacao-clandestina-como-meio-de-prova
    -->
    <country iso="br" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Belarus:
         Article 28 of the Constitution of Belarus covers the right to privacy. Article 179 of the
         Criminal Code of Belarus covers situations in which a person's privacy is violated by way
         of any secret being shared without his or her consent, but no specific term of imprisonment
         or fine is mentioned. The wording of the article is aimed at the collecting and sharing of
         'a personal or family secret of another person'. Creating a call recording for personal use
         is not covered by this article, as privacy is not inherently guaranteed. The use of call
         recordings as evidence in a court of law is dubious. The sharing of a call recording could
         be considered as punishable by law, depending on the circumstances.

         Belarusian Constitution: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.pravo.by/pravovaya-informatsiya/normativnye-dokumenty/konstitutsiya-respubliki-belarus

         Belarusian Criminal Code:
           https://etalonline.by/?type=text&regnum=HK9900275#load_text_none_1_
    -->
    <country iso="by" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Canada:
         Any intended recipient of a communication is entitled to record it, based on Section 184(2)
         Subsection (1) of the Criminal Code of Canada. There are numerous legal cases that validate
         the interception of private communications by parties to the conversation as not illegal.
         For a more in-depth look, refer to the LegalTree article below.

         Criminal Code:
           https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-1.html

         LegalTree article:
           https://legaltree.ca/node/908

         Legal articles:
           https://lambertavocatinc.com/avocat-montreal/enregistrer-conversation-legal/
           https://www.avocat.qc.ca/affaires/iitelephone.htm
    -->
    <country iso="ca" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Switzerland:
         According to Article 179 of the Swiss Criminal Code of 21 December 1937, it is a criminal
         offense to store, record, or share the recording of a call, even when one is part of said
         call. Explicit consent is required by both parties for a recording to be legal.

         Criminal Code:
           https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19370083/index.html#a179ter
    -->
    <country iso="ch" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Chile:
         The Chilean law is considered a type of civil law, hence judges base their decisions on
         their own reading of the law. The Chilean Supreme Court ruled in favor of accepting
         one-party consent call recording as a form of legal evidence, hence the act of recording
         your own calls is not criminally punishable, as can be seen in the Chilean Penal Code.

         Penal Code:
           https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1984

         Article on one-party consent:
           https://radio.uchile.cl/2018/04/22/grabacion-es-aceptada-como-prueba-en-juicio-por-practicas-antisindicales/
    -->
    <country iso="cl" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for China:
         No clear definition exists on the matter of call recordings being made by a private
         citizen within the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China. Depending on whether
         said call recording was made and/or published with malicious intent, it may or may not be
         admissible in court. For further information

         Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China: (nonencrypted link)
           http://english.court.gov.cn/2015-12/01/content_22595464.htm

         Supreme People's Court Provisions on Evidence in Civil Procedures: (nonencrypted link)
           http://en.pkulaw.cn/display.aspx?cgid=38083&lib=law
    -->
    <country iso="cn" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Costa Rica:
         One may record one's own calls, as long as they are calls between said person and only one
         other party, that is two say two sides. Calls between 3 or more people can not be legally
         recorded without all sides agreeing to one person doing so, as long as said person is a
         part of the call and not wiretapping or eavesdropping. Recording calls with more than 2
         participants requires the express consent of all other parties. Article 29 of the
         Communication Law of 1994 specifies under what circumstances one may or may not do so.

         Communication Law: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?param1=NRM&nValor1=1&nValor2=16466&strTipM=FN

         Article:
           https://www.laprensalibre.cr/Noticias/detalle/75929/ojo-conversaciones-grabadas-pueden-usarse-como-prueba-en-juicio
    -->
    <country iso="cr" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Cyprus:
         The Cypriot Penal Code does not explicitly cover the act of wiretapping or recording one's
         own calls. Based on this, it is not a criminal offense to record personal calls. Article
         369 of the Cypriot Penal Code states that anyone who knows that another is planning to
         commit a criminal offense, yet fails to use any reasonable means to prevent said crime, is
         guilty of misconduct, which can be used as a reason for recording one's own calls, should
         the need arise to quote a legal document.

         Penal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.cylaw.org/nomoi/enop/non-ind/0_154/index.html
    -->
    <country iso="cy" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Czech Republic:
         Case Law File Number 21 502/2000 of the Supreme Court specifies that even when evidence is
         acquired or provided in contravention to legal regulations and/or personal rights, it shall
         not be deemed as inadmissible. This, as well as other information, is accessible in the
         Constitutional Court Finding 191/05 of the 13th of September 2006.

         Constitutional Court Finding:
           https://nalus.usoud.cz/Search/GetText.aspx?sz=1-191-05_2
    -->
    <country iso="cz" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Germany:
         According to Section 201 of the German Criminal Code - Violation of the privacy of the
         spoken word, making an audio recording of the privately spoken words of another or making
         such a recording accessible by a third party will result in up to three years of
         imprisonment. Article 10 of the German Constitution explicitly states that the secrecy of
         telecommunications is inviolable. There are notable exceptions, such as the use of
         recordings when in a legitimate self-defense situation. Article 227 of the German Civil
         Code notes that acting in one's own defense is not unlawful, which is also explained in
         Article 32 of the German Criminal Code. Article 88 of the Telecommunications Act defines
         telecommunications secrecy. The German municipality of Büsingen am Hochrhein is an exclave
         within the territorial confines of Switzerland, and as such it may not be within the
         confines of the German ISO and its inherent laws.

         Civil Code:
           https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__227.html

         Criminal Code:
           https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__32.html

         Constitution:
           https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_10.html

         Telecommunications Act:
           https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tkg_2004/__88.html

         Wikipedia article on self-defense laws in Germany:
           https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notwehr_(Deutschland)

         Explanation of lawful use of a recording in a legal dispute:
           https://www.anwalt.de/rechtstipps/gespraechsmitschnitte-als-beweismittel-ungeeignet_057458.html
    -->
    <country iso="de" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greeenland:
         Chapter 27, Article 263(3) of the Criminal Code of Denmark denotes that a person is liable
         for criminal punishment when he or she intercepts or records telephone conversations to
         which he or she is not a party. The articles in Chapter 27 cover a lot of different
         situations, including the dissemination of recordings, which may lead to a fine or prison
         sentence. The act of recording a conversation that one is a part of is not covered
         explicitly, hence it is not a criminal offense in the eyes of the law.

         Criminal Code:
           https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/r0710.aspx?id=164192#Kap27
    -->
    <country iso="dk,fo,gl" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Estonia:
         Recording your calls for personal use is not a criminal offense. Sharing said calls with a
         third party is a criminal offence, hence punishable by law, except in cases where said
         calls are shared by a journalist.

         Constitution, Paragraph 43:
           https://www.pohiseadus.ee/index.php?sid=1&p=43

         Instructions for call recording (GDPR equivalent):
           https://www.aki.ee/sites/www.aki.ee/files/elfinder/article_files/Telefonik%C3%B5nede%20salvestamise%20lubatavuse%20juhend.pdf

         Legal article:
           https://digi.geenius.ee/rubriik/uudis/millistel-juhtudel-tohib-eestis-telefonikone-salvestada-ja-selle-sisu-avaldada/
    -->
    <country iso="ee" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Spain:
         Based on the decision of the Spanish Constitutional Tribunal of November the 29th, 1984, it
         is legal for a party to record his or her calls without notifying the other party. Sharing
         said recording with a third party is not protected and may make the party that has shared
         the recording liable to a civil suit, to be initiated by the aggrieved party. Unless done
         so for judicial purposes, it is punishable to disclose or share the recording or the gist
         of the recording to other parties. The town of Llívia is a Spanish exclave within the
         territory of the Republic of France, and as such, it may not be within the confines of the
         Spanish ISO and its inherent laws.

         Decision of the Spanish Constitutional Tribunal:
           https://hj.tribunalconstitucional.es/eu/Resolucion/Show/367

         Legal articles: (nonencrypted link)
           http://belegal.com/blog-by-antonio-flores/validity-of-recorded-telephone-conversations-in-spain/
           https://www.fonvirtual.com/blog/la-grabacion-de-llamadas/
           https://www.legalisconsultores.es/2014/04/es-legal-realizar-grabaciones-su-aportacion-en-juicios/
    -->
    <country iso="es" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Finland:
         As a private citizen, one may record any call they participate in. There is no requirement
         to make other parties aware of the recording, but the use of said recordings, depending on
         their content, may be subject to various laws, such as data protection (privacy)
         legislation, libel laws, laws governing trade and national secrets, non-disclosure
         agreements and so on.

         Bureau of Data Ombudsman:
         https://web.archive.org/web/20180517050133/http://www.tietosuoja.fi/sv/index/useinkysyttya/puheluidennauhoittaminen.html
    -->
    <country iso="fi" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for France, Saint Barthélemy, French Guayana, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin,
                              Martinique, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre & Miquelon,
                              Réunion, Wallis-et-Futuna and Mayotte:
         While recording calls without consent, as a third party, is punishable, it depends on
         whether said recording was created or used with a malicious intent. Judges are free to view
         said recordings as a form of evidence and base their final decisions with their help.
         Recording your own calls as a private citizen is not a criminal offense. Sharing said
         recordings, with the intent to harm the other party in any way, is a criminal offense.

         Penal Code:
           https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=3E84EAC0F63D49FC16A28B8D90EFF1D2.tplgfr44s_2?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006165309&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070719&dateTexte=20150413

         Civil Code:
           https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCode.do;jsessionid=1A7384A63066DBE1E1D8C732E698F844.tplgfr23s_3?idSectionTA=LEGISCTA000006117610&cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070721&dateTexte=20190606

         Legal article on call recordings as evidence:
           https://www.annuaireavocats.fr/articles/enregistrer-une-conversation-a-linsu-dune-personne-est-ce-legal

         Legal article on recording in the workplace:
           https://www.cnil.fr/fr/lecoute-et-lenregistrement-des-appels-sur-le-lieu-de-travail
    -->
    <country iso="fr,bl,gf,gp,mf,mq,nc,pf,pm,re,wf,yt" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for United Kingdom:
         Recording one's own calls is not a criminal offence and is not prohibited. As long as the
         recording is for personal use, consent and/or notification of the other party are not
         required. Call recordings can be used as evidence, since it is based on a trite law.
         Sharing said call recordings with a third party, without consent, may be a criminal offence
         and punishable.

         Use as evidence (p. 3):
           https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1954/1954_43.pdf

         Legal articles:
           https://www.computertel.co.uk/article?ref=Call-Recording-Law-in-the-UK-2018-edition
           https://www.dma-law.co.uk/is-it-illegal-to-record-conversations/
    -->
    <country iso="gb" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Georgia:
         The Constitution of Georgia, Chapter Two - Fundamental Human Rights, Article 15(2) states
         that personal communication(s) are inviolable and that said right may only be restricted in
         accordance with the law, to ensure national security or public safety, or to protect the
         rights of other parties, insofar as it is necessary in a democratic society, based on a
         court decision or without a court decision in cases of urgent necessity, as provided by the
         law. Articles 157, 158 and 159 of the Criminal Code of Georgia deal with the disclosure of
         private information, personal data, the violation of the secrecy of private communication
         and the violation of secrecy of personal correspondence, phone conversations or other kinds
         of communication. The document does not specify a situation in which one side of a
         conversation records without the other side's knowledge or consent, thus the act of
         recording one's conversations is in a legally gray area. All of the above articles
         explicitly note that no criminal liability can be incurred if the gathered information is
         submitted to investigative authorities.

         Constitution:
           https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/30346?publication=35

         Criminal Code of Georgia:
           https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/16426?publication=187&scroll=62067
    -->
    <country iso="ge" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Greece:
         Section 2 of Article 370A of the Greek Penal Code bans it, subarticle 4 offers exceptions
         when no other evidence is present. Decision 53/2010 of the Supreme Criminal Court limits
         evidence submitting to third parties that found the recording 'by accident'. Decision
         277/2014 of the Supreme Criminal Court acquitted a guilty party and deemed the presented
         recordings admissable. Article 25 of the Penal Code states that, any action is not illegal
         if it was done so to protect the property or safety of oneself or of another party,
         provided that the crime of sharing the recording is a lesser one in comparison.

         Legal discussion:
           https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-010-1738
    -->
    <country iso="gr" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Croatia:
         Article 143 of the Croatian Criminal Code, Paragraph 1 notes that the recording of another
         person's privately uttered words is a criminal offense, when said words are not 'intended
         for his or her attention' and could lead to imprisonment not exceeding three years.
         Paragraph 2, which holds the same punishment, indicated that situations in which the
         recording, its transcription or the 'gist' of said recording being shared as an equal
         crime. Paragraph 4 states that there is no criminal offence if said acts are committed in
         'the public interest or another interest prevailing over the interest to protect the
         privacy of the person being recorded or eavesdropped on'. Prosecution is made per request
         and the state does not initiate it, which renders the matter to the level of a civil case
         and not to that of a criminal case.

         Croatian Criminal Code:
           https://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/37/Croatia/show
    -->
    <country iso="hr" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Hungary:
         Sections 413 and 418 define the Breach of Trade and/or Business Secrecy as a criminal
         offense. There is no mention of wiretapping and/or eavesdropping as a criminal offense.
         The Hungarian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Agency (DPA) created a Guidance in
         2016, for cases concerning situations which include an individual as one side of the
         conversation, and a data processing entity as the other side. This guidance should not be
         considered relevant, as it does not deal with the communications of individuals. No
         pertinent articles or paragraphs were found in the Hungarian Criminal Code, which in effect
         equates to there being no punishment for the recording of personal calls.

         DPA 2016 Guidance:
           https://www.naih.hu/files/2016_05_09_tajekoztato_hangfelvetelekrol.pdf

         Hungarian Criminal Code:
           https://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/25/Hungary/show
    -->
    <country iso="hu" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Indonesia:
         Based on Article 26 of both Law Number 11 of 2008 and its revision, Law Number 19 of 2016,
         call recording is defined on its own and requires one to obtain consent from the other
         party when recording calls, although it can be used as a form of evidence. Whether
         recording another person without his or her consent is a criminal offense that is
         prosecuted by the country itself is not clear and further information should be gathered by
         a native speaker.

         Law 11 of 2008 (first file):
           https://www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/27912/nprt/1011/uu-no-11-tahun-2008-informasi-dan-transaksi-elektronik

         Law 19 of 2016:
           https://jdih.kominfo.go.id/produk_hukum/view/id/555/t/undangundang+nomor+19+tahun+2016+tanggal+25+november+2016
    -->
    <country iso="id" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Ireland:
         The Irish Constitution does not specifically state a right to privacy. Subsection (6) of
         section 98  of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages
         (Regulation) Act of 1993 defines interception of a call in such a way, that deems the
         recording of a call by one party to the call legal. Whether said call recording can be used
         as evidence or infringes upon a person's privacy is a complicated matter that can only be
         decided on a case-by-case basis. Subsection (2) of section 98 goes on to elabore on cases
         in which call recordings are legal, such as in the interests of the security of the State
         (c), for the prevention or detection of crime or for the purpose of any criminal
         proceedings (b) and others.

         Telecommunications Messages Act of 1993: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/10/enacted/en/print.html

         Legal discussions:
           https://www.mhc.ie/latest/insights/big-brother-is-watching-but-is-he-listening-too
           https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/q-a-what-are-the-legal-implications-1.1740070
    -->
    <country iso="ie" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Israel and Palestine:
         Israeli law specifies that call recording is illegal and punishable when neither party in
         said conversation is aware of said act of recording. Either party in a conversation can
         record his or her calls without being legally required to inform the other party.
         Due to legal ambiguity, it is currently impossible to determine which set of laws should be
         taken under consideration when recording personal calls within the Palestinian territories.
         This is relevant as the Occupied Palestinian Territory makes use of the Mobile Country Code
         registered to Israel. Palestine's ISO is set as disabled, since if it is in use there is no
         legal way to determine which set of laws are being used, due to the differing laws used
         in parts of it.

         The Wiretapping Law, 5739-1979:
           https://www.nevo.co.il/law_html/law01/077_001.htm

         Information on State of Palestine:
           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_law#Statutes_and_legislation

         News articles:
           https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001066185
           https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3043583,00.html
    -->
    <country iso="il" allowed="true" />
    <country iso="ps" allowed="false" />

    <!--Enable recording for India:
         No clear definition exists on the matter of call recordings being made by one side.
         Depending on whether said call recording was made and/or published with malicious intent,
         it may or may not be admissible in court, and/or punishable by law. There are a number of
         precedents and legal definitions, which are available below.

         Legal discussion:
           https://copyright.lawmatters.in/2012/02/recording-telephonic-conversations.html
    -->
    <country iso="in" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Iceland:
         According to the Electronic Communications Act, No. 81, recording one's own telephone
         conversations without notifying the other party can make the recording party liable to
         fines or imprisonment of up to six months in the case of serious or repeated violations, as
         explicitly stated in Article 74. Article 48 covers the Recording of telephone calls and
         states that the party to a telephone conversation that wishes to record said conversation
         shall, when it commences, notify the opposite party of his or her intent to do so. This is
         not required when the opposite party can clearly be assumed to be aware of the recording.

         Electronic Communications Act:
           https://www.government.is/Publications/Legislation/Lex/?newsid=86c9a6a9-fab5-11e7-9423-005056bc4d74
    -->
    <country iso="is" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Iran:
         Based on Article 25 of the Iranian Constitution, recording one's own calls, as a private
         citizen for archival reasons, is not illegal. The sharing of said recordings with a third
         party is forbidden based on the aforementioned legal document. According to Article 730 of
         the Iranian Cybercrime Law, wiretapping a call which can be defined as non-public is a
         crime and may lead to a punishment in the form of imprisonment for a period of six months
         to two years, or a fine of ten to forty million rials, or both. There is currently no
         punishment for the act of recording one's own calls in the Iranian Penal Code, thus the act
         itself is not criminally punishable. Sharing said recordings in a way that causes injury to
         the other party might be criminally punishable. Caution is advised, due to the geopolitical
         situation surrounding the Islamic Republic of Iran.

         Constitution:
           https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ir/ir001en.pdf
         Penal Code of 2013 (in Persian):
           https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=5447c9274
         Cybercrime Law (in Persian):
           https://www.cyberpolice.ir/page/42981
         Legal article (in Persian):
           https://www.irna.ir/news/83268974/%D8%B6%D8%A8%D8%B7-%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%81%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA
    -->
    <country iso="ir" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Italy and Vatican City State:
         It is not illegal to record a conversation, as parties to calls automatically accept the
         risk that a call may be recorded. Making a recording available to other parties is a
         criminal offense, when done so for reasons other than protecting either one's own rights or
         other parties' rights. Articles 23 and 167, in the Privacy Code, deem that the crimes
         provided for therein are punishable only if said acts result in harm. According to the
         Supreme Court of Cassation, recorded conversations are legal and can be used as evidence in
         court, even if the other party is unaware of being recorded, provided that it is not
         recorded by a third party. The Italian comune of Campione d'Italia features an exclave,
         situated within the Swiss canton of Ticino, and as such it may not be within the confines
         of the Italian ISO and its inherent laws.

         Legal articles:
           https://www.altalex.com/index.php?idnot=53369
           https://web.archive.org/web/20161011100301/http://notizie.tiscali.it/socialnews/articoli/polimeni/13230/registrare-di-nascosto-per-la-cassazione-e-legale/
    -->
    <country iso="it,va" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Japan:
         Recording one's own calls is neither a criminal offense, nor illegal. Wiretapping and
         leaking information gained from a recording is illegal and may be criminally punishable.
         Recording as a third party is a criminal offense, when done so without the consent of at
         least one party to the conversation. Recordings obtained without consent from both sides
         will not be admitted as evidence in a criminal case, but are admitted as such in most civil
         cases, unless it was obtained in a method, which the court deems as unacceptable. If the
         recording infringes one's personal rights or discloses trade secrets, sharing said
         recording might lead to civil cases. In work-related instances, one may record and divulge
         information under the protection of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 2004. The Supreme
         Court of Japan's Decision of the 12th of July 2000, case number 1999 (A) 96, was in favor
         of admitting a tape recording as evidence, which was made by one party to a conversation,
         without the other party's consent.

         Whistleblower Protection Act: (nonencrypted link)
           http://drasuszodis.lt/userfiles/Japan%20Whistleblower%20Protection%20Act.pdf

         Decision of the Supreme Court of Japan: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_en/detail?id=494

         Legal articles: (nonencrypted link)
           https://www.moneypost.jp/292939
           https://president.jp/articles/-/15666
           https://www.hrpro.co.jp/trend_news.php?news_no=636
           https://kumaben.com/recording-audio-without-consent/
           https://www.mot-net.com/blog/efficiency-of-operations/6737
           https://milight-partners-law.hatenablog.com/entry/2015/08/31/152333

         Legal discussion:
           https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/unyieldingspirit2007/24529523.html
    -->
    <country iso="jp" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for South Korea:
         According to Article 3(1) of the Protection of Communications Secrets Act, it is forbidden
         to wiretap, record or listen to any conversation between other parties. Article 4 defines
         recordings obtained by way of illegal recording or wiretapping as inadmissible, hence they
         can not be used as evidence in a trial or disciplinary procedure. Article 14 goes on to
         specify that no person shall record a conversation between other parties, that is not
         public, or listen to said parties' conversation through the use of electronic or mechanical
         devices. Definitions of recording, wiretapping and other such terms may be found in Article
         2. The Protection of Communications Secrets Act clearly defines that recording is not legal
         when done by a third party, but does not specifically discuss whether whether both parties
         to a conversation need to agree to a recording. Since there is no penalty listed, recording
         one's own conversations should be in, at worst, a gray area that should still not make the
         act punishable. Similarly, whether recordings made without consent can be used as evidence
         is legally unclear.

         Protection of Communications Secrets Act:
           https://elaw.klri.re.kr/kor_service/lawView.do?hseq=31731&lang=ENG
    -->
    <country iso="kr" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Liechtenstein:
         Recording a call between an organization and an individual is illegal, when done without
         notification and/or consent. Recording a call between individuals is illegal and punishable
         when transmitting said recording or information to a third party, and/or when the person
         that initiates the recording is not part of the conversation. This means that recording a
         call when you are one of the two parties is legal, even without notifying the other party.
         Legal action must be initiated by the aggrieved party. The following is defined in Article
         120 of the Criminal Code of 24 June 1987 (StGB), points 1, 2, 2a and 3. Article 100 of the
         Constitution may be pertinent to use of call recordings as evidence.

         Criminal Code of 24 June 1987 (StGB):
           https://www.regierung.li/media/medienarchiv/311_0_11_07_2017_en.pdf.

         Constitution:
           https://www.regierung.li/media/medienarchiv/101_01_01_2012_en.pdf?t=2.
    -->
    <country iso="li" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Sri Lanka:
         Part IV/59 of the Sri Lankan Telecommunications Act defines the penalty for eavesdropping
         on a call. The Sri Lankan Penal Code does not cover the act of recording one's own calls,
         hence the act is not criminally punishable.

         Telecommunications Act:
           https://www.lawnet.gov.lk/1947/12/31/sri-lanka-telecommunications-2/

         Penal Code:
           https://www.lawnet.gov.lk/penal-code-consolidated-2/

         Article: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/PTL-tampered-with-phone-recording-system-ASG-135574.html
    -->
    <country iso="lk" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Lithuania:
         Article 166 of the Lithuanian Criminal Code defines that violations of a person's
         correspondence, by unlawfully wiretapping a person's conversations as a criminal offense,
         which could lead to a term of imprisonment of up to two years, a fine or community service.
         The wording of said article is unclear and only mentions electronic communication networks
         and recording and/or wiretapping as a third party, and not as one of the two parties.
         Article 61 of the Law on Electronic Communications defines confidentiality of
         communications, as far as situations like those covered by GDPR, as in the handling of
         information between individuals and legal entities, and should therefore not be taken into
         account.

         Lithuanian Criminal Code:
           https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalActPrint/lt?jfwid=q8i88l10w&documentId=a84fa232877611e5bca4ce385a9b7048&category=TAD

         Lithuanian Law on Electronic Communications:
            https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalActPrint/lt?jfwid=-wd7z7kkgy&documentId=05cd4e020f0a11e7b6c9f69dc4ecf19f&category=TAD
    -->
    <country iso="lt" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Luxembourg:
         The Luxembourgish Penal Code does not specifically cover the right to privacy and its
         infringement. Based on this, it is not a criminal offense to record one's personal calls,
         although doing so in a public manner may lead to a civil case from the aggrieved party. One
         should consult further with a lawyer whether sharing said recording or recordings would
         constitute a criminal offense.

         Penal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           http://legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/code/penal/20181101
    -->
    <country iso="lu" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Latvia
         There is no clear definition of call recording by itself within the Criminal Law of Latvia.
         Article 144 of said law covers breach of information secrecy, when said information is in
         the form of correspondence or data relayed by way of electronic communications networks.
         Paragraph (1) defines the punishment for violating the secret of a person's correspondence
         as a term of imprisonment for up to two years, or a fine, or others. In a 2014
         e-Consultation, the Deputy Head of the Public Relations Department of the State Police,
         Tom Sadovsky, defined the recording of calls with the intent to use as evidence as legal.
         The Personal Data Protection Law does not apply, as it considers the communication between
         individuals and legal entitites.

         Latvian Criminal Law:
           https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=88966

         Latvian Personal Data Protection Law:
           https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=4042

         Legal consultation:
           https://lvportals.lv/e-konsultacijas/4460-sarunas-drikst-ierakstit-2014.
    -->
    <country iso="lv" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Morocco:
         Call recording is not punishable as one side of a two-party conversation. Recordings are
         not admissible in court, if the other party is not aware of the recording. Article 447 of
         the Criminal Law of Morocco, states that the premeditated and unconsented publication of
         video and/or audio files is a punishable offense.

         Personal Data Law 09-08:
           https://www.afapdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Maroc-Loi-09-08-relative-a-la-protection-des-personnes-physiques-a-legard-du-traitement-des-DCP-2009.pdf

         Moroccan Criminal Law:
           https://www.h24info.ma/maroc/la-loi-sur-la-protection-des-donnees-personnelles-entre-en-vigueur-le-13-septembre/
    -->
    <country iso="ma" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Monaco:
         According to the Penal Code of Monaco, Article 308-2, a person may be punished with a
         prison sentence of six months to three years, as well as a fine, for infinging or
         attempting to infringe on a person's rights to privacy. This includes wiretapping,
         recording or transmitting the words spoken by a person in a private place. Consent will be
         presumed when such an action is done during a meeting, with the knowledge of the person
         that is being recorded. Article 344 of the Penal Code mentions the same punishment for
         purposeful wiretapping.

         Penal Code:
           https://www.legimonaco.mc/305/legismclois.nsf/ViewCode!OpenView&Start=1&Count=300&RestrictToCategory=CODE%20P%C3%89NAL
    -->
    <country iso="mc" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Moldova:
         Article 30 of the Constitution of Moldova ensures the privacy of correspondence. No
         specific law has been enacted that defines recording calls, as an individual, as a criminal
         offense. There are laws which define this for legal entities and for the government. Please
         read the attached legal discussion for further information on the subject.

         Constitution of Moldova:
           https://www.presedinte.md/eng/constitution

         Code of Criminal Procedure:
           https://www.seepag.info/download/rep_moldova/Criminal%20Procedure%20Code%20RM.pdf

         Regulations for legal entities:
           https://www.anrceti.md/files/filefield/hca%20nr.48%20din%2010.09.2013%20regulam%20priv%20serv%20CE.pdf

         Legal discussion:
           https://jsa.md/2017/02/06/inregistrarea-convorbirilor-telefonice-cit-de-legala-este/
    -->
    <country iso="md" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Montenegro:
         Article 173 of the Criminal Code of Montenegro marks call recording as legal if the content
         of the conversation was 'intended for your use'. It is also legal when it concerns the
         prevention of crimes, which carry a sentence of 5 years minimum. Sharing a conversation to
         a third party is a criminal offense.

         Criminal Code of Montenegro:
           https://www.pravda.gov.me/ResourceManager/FileDownload.aspx?rid=256001&rType=2&file=Krivi%C4%8Dni%20zakonik%20Crne%20Gore.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="me" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for North Macedonia:
         As stated in the Macedonian Penal Code, if the recording is made available to a third party
         or is created and/or distributed with a malicious intent, then the other party can sue you.
         The state does not prosecute in such cases, unless the act is done by an official state
         representative of any kind, as mentioned in 151.4 and 151.5.

         North Macedonian Penal Code:
           https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/mk/mk/mk018mk.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="mk" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Malta:
         Relevant laws and/or legal precedents:
         Article 34 (1)(f) of the Maltese Constitution states that a person may be deprived of his
         rights in the case of there being suspicion of said person having commited, or being in the
         process of committing a crime. Effectively this means that recording your own calls is
         legal when done so to report a crime. There is no mention of the act of recording one's own
         calls in the Maltese Criminal Code, which means that even if it were to be illegal, it is
         not a criminal offense. The Media and Defamation Act of 2018 handles all cases of
         defamation, which may or may not include the act of publishing one's call recordings
         without the knowledge or consent of the other concerned party.

         Constitution: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=8566&l=1

         Criminal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           https://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lom&itemid=8574&l=1

         Media and Defamation Act: (nonencrypted link)
           http://justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lp&itemid=29045&l=1
    -->
    <country iso="mt" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Netherlands, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, Saba, Sint Maarten, Curaçao,
                              Aruba:
         Recording one's own conversations without the consent of the other party or parties is not
         in itself punishable by law. Sharing recordings made without consent is punishable in the
         form of a libel case. This in effect means that the government shall not prosecute anyone
         for the recording of calls. Call recordings may be used as evidence in criminal and civil
         cases.

         Legal discussion:
           https://blog.wetrecht.nl/telefoongesprekken-opnemen-als-bewijs-kan-dat
    -->
    <country iso="nl,bq,sx,cw,aw" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Norway:
         As a private citizen, one may record any call that they participate in. There is no
         requirement to make other parties aware of the recording, but the use of said recording(s),
         depending on the content, may be subject to various laws, such as data protection (privacy)
         legislation, libel laws, laws governing trade and national secrets, non-disclosure
         agreements and so on. It is, however, prohibited to record calls without the permission of
         the other party or parties, if you are making the call on behalf of a company or
         organization. All of the above is outlined in Article 205 of the Norwegian Penal Code.

         Penal Code:
           https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/2005-05-20-28/KAPITTEL_2-6#§205

         Legal article:
           https://www.datatilsynet.no/regelverk-og-verktoy/veiledere/lydopptak/
    -->
    <country iso="no" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for New Zealand:
         According to the Crimes Act of 1961, Public Act 216B, Articles 1 and 2(a), anyone is liable
         to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years for intentionally intercepting any private
         communication, unless he or she is a party to that private communication. Public Act 216C,
         subsections (1) and (2) define the prohibition on disclosure of unlawfully intercepted
         private communications. The recording of one's personal conversations and their publishing
         or use as evidence without the other party's consent is not explicitly forbidden, nor is it
         defined as a criminal offense.

         Crimes Act of 1961, Part 9A, Crimes against personal privacy: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM327382.html#DLM329802
    -->
    <country iso="nz" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Peru:
         The Peruvian Constitution states that people own their own voice and images. If said images
         or recordings are made for archival purposes, it is allowed. While wiretapping is illegal,
         it has been used as legal evidence in a court of law. As long as one of the persons talking
         agrees to the recording, said recording can be used in a court of law. There may be
         exceptions if the communication contains information that may affect third parties, or if
         it can be considered as information that should be blocked by medical or legal
         confidentiality.

         Wiretapping:
           https://diariouno.pe/columna/chuponeo-prueba-prohibida-o-valida/

         Legal article:
           https://laley.pe/art/2679/una-grabacion-no-consentida-puede-ser-prueba-de-un-delito-

         Legality of voice recordings and images:
           https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements#Peru
    -->
    <country iso="pe" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Poland:
         Article 267 of the Polish Penal Code defines call recording as legal for private citizens,
         when the recording is made by a party to the call.

         Penal Code:
           https://supertrans2014.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/the-criminal-code.pdf

         Legal articles:
           https://www.alfatronik.com.pl/info/nagrywanie-rozmow-legalne/
           https://bezprawnik.pl/legalnosc-nagrywania-rozmowy/
    -->
    <country iso="pl" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Puerto Rico:
         Title Thirty-three of the Penal Code of 2004, Subtitle 5, Special Provisions, Part I:
         Crimes Against the Person, Chapter 301: Crimes Against Civil Rights, Subchapter II: Crimes
         Against the Right to Privacy, 33 L.P.R.A § 4809 defines the recording of a private personal
         conversation, without the express authorization of all parties involved in it, as a
         misdemeanor. This, in effect, means that recording a phone call as one of the two parties
         is a criminal offense if done so without the explicit notification and consent of the other
         party. This territory of the United States conforms with its State Laws. For further
         information, check 'us'.

         33 L.P.R.A. § 4809. Recording of communications by a participant:
           https://bit.ly/2UqbrRC
    -->
    <country iso="pr" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Disable recording for Portugal:
         Privacy is a fundamental right in Portuguese law, as it is defined in Articles 26(1) and 34
         of the Portuguese Constitution. Infringing on said rights constitutes a crime, as defined
         in Articles 192(1), 194(2) and 199(1) of the Portuguese Penal Code. The punishment is
         imprisonment for a period of up to one year or a fine equaling 240 days of pay, either of
         which may be increased by a third, based on Article 197. Lower courts and Higher courts
         have been ruling both for and against recording one's own calls, no matter the reason, and
         there have been numerous cases of exceptions being made, despite what the law says. A
         complaint has been lodged with the European Court of Human Rights, which may lead to a
         reversal in the current laws and prohibitions. It is noteworthy that in one case, the
         Supreme Court rendered a decision, which can be translated as such: "The protection of
         speech that embodies criminal practices or the image that portrays them must yield to the
         interest of protecting the victim and the efficiency of criminal justice: protection ends
         when what is protected is a crime."

         Constitution:
           https://www.parlamento.pt/Legislacao/Paginas/ConstituicaoRepublicaPortuguesa.aspx

         Penal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostra_articulado.php?artigo_id=109A0199&nid=109&tabela=leis&pagina=1&ficha=1&nversao=

         Examples of privacy as a fundamental right: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrg.nsf/86c25a698e4e7cb7802579ec004d3832/ab509203321d898d802579ea00576d95?OpenDocument
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtre.nsf/134973db04f39bf2802579bf005f080b/be3732dc1664576d8025836100514c19

         Examples of exceptions: (nonencrypted links)
           https://portal.oa.pt/comunicacao/imprensa/2017/11/12/tribunais-aprovam-videos-de-telemovel-apesar-da-legislacao/
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/-/CC3190F093E769FC80257F69004D9E7B
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrl.nsf/0/44ed8c6ca2d940d580256f250052bfd8

         Complaint to ECHR:
           https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng#{%22itemid%22:[%22001-184193%22]}

         Quoted Supreme Court Case: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/25cd7aa80cc3adb0802579260032dd4a?OpenDocument

         Legal alternatives: (nonencrypted links)
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrc.nsf/c3fb530030ea1c61802568d9005cd5bb/c5bb36d9a0470bdd80257b400048f9f2?OpenDocument
           http://www.dgsi.pt/jtrg.nsf/86c25a698e4e7cb7802579ec004d3832/ff947b8a3fda778780257c0000478b5a
    -->
    <country iso="pt" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Romania:
         The Telecommunications Act (506/2004) states that the recording of a conversation by a
         party to that conversation is permitted and not a criminal offense. Nevertheless, while
         such recordings are legal, making use of them may fall subject to further civil or criminal
         laws. Admissibility as evidence depends on how the recording was obtained.

         Telecommunications Act: (nonencrypted link)
           http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/56973#id_artA88_ttl

         Civil Procedure Code:
           https://www.dreptonline.ro/legislatie/codul_procedura_civila_consolidat.php

         Criminal Procedure Code:
           https://www.dreptonline.ro/legislatie/codul_procedura_penala_2007.php

         Legal article:
           https://www.dsclex.ro/coduri/cciv2.htm
    -->
    <country iso="ro" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Serbia:
         Article 143 of the Serbian Penal Code covers unauthorized wiretapping and recordings. While
         it is criminally punishable to share call recordings or wiretap them, the law specifically
         states recording is only punishable when said recording is 'not meant for him/her', hence
         it is legal to record your own calls, but not to share them with third parties.

         Serbian Penal Code:
           https://www.paragraf.rs/propisi/krivicni_zakonik.html
    -->
    <country iso="rs" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Russia:
         Recording a phone call when not one of the two parties participating in said call is
         illegal and punishable by law. As a party to a phone call, one may record it without
         notifying the other side, as is evident in the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia for
         case 35-KG16-18, which was rendered on the 6th of December 2016. This concerns civil cases
         between two private citizens. Whether this covers cases involving legal entities or people
         holding a public position has not been researched. The key laws to consider are the Federal
         Law of 27th July 2006, N 149-FZ, (amended on 18th March 2019) "Information, Information
         Technologies and Information Security" - Article 9, Subarticle 8, as well as the Civil
         Procedure Code of 2002, N 138-FZ (amended on the 27th December 2018), article 55. Citations
         of other pertinent laws may be found in the linked decision, starting at internal document
         page number 4.

         Supreme Court of Russia, Decision on case number 35-KG16-18: (nonencrypted link)
           http://www.supcourt.ru/stor_pdf.php?id=1502686

         Federal Law of 27th July 2006, N 149-FZ:
           https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_61798/35f4fb38534799919febebd589466c9838f571b2/

         Civil Procedure Code of 2002, N 138-FZ:
           https://www.consultant.ru/document/cons_doc_LAW_39570/b48406042a309ee368f395fb6f3be1d43c7cbfc2/
    -->
    <country iso="ru" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Sweden:
         According to the Swedish Penal Code (Brottsbalken), Chapter 4, 8–9 §§, it is illegal to
         make unauthorized recordings of telephone conversations as a third party. A court can grant
         permission for law enforcement agencies to tap telephone lines. Anyone participating in the
         telephone call may record the conversation. A recording is always admissible as evidence in
         a court of law, even when obtained in an illegal way.

         Criminal Code: (nonencrypted link)
           https://lagen.nu/begrepp/Olovlig_avlyssning
           http://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/brottsbalk-1962700_sfs-1962-700
    -->
    <country iso="se" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Singapore:
         Singaporean law does not recognize privacy as a right that can be infringed upon. A party
         can not be prosecuted or sued for recording a conversation he or she is a part of. The only
         exception is when said recording contains confidential information, in which case the party
         may or may not be liable for their actions, if said party makes use of said confidential
         information in a way that clearly brings him or her gains of any sort, and/or harms the
         other party in any perceivable way.

         Legal discussion:
           https://singaporelegaladvice.com/can-i-record-a-conversation-without-consent/

         Personal Data Protection Act 2012:
           https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/PDPA2012
           https://www.pdpc.gov.sg/Legislation-and-Guidelines/Personal-Data-Protection-Act-Overview

         Copyright Act, Revised Edition 2006:
           https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/CA1987
    -->
    <country iso="sg" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Slovenia:
         Article 148 of the Slovenian Criminal Code covers the unlawful eavesdropping and sound
         recording. Subarticle 1 defines a maximum punishment of no more than one year for the
         unlawful eavesdropping or recording of a private conversation by use of special devices,
         or directly transmitting said conversation to a third person. This also includes passing on
         the gist of said conversation. Subarticle 2 states that recording another person's
         statement with the intent to misuse it, without his or her consent, is punishable in the
         way postulated in Subarticle 1. Prosecution is initiated by the aggrieved party for
         Subarticle 1, while under Subarticle 2 it is initiated upon a private action. Based on
         Article 148, it is legal to record one's own calls, when not done so with the intent to
         misuse said recordings. Sharing said recordings in any way may be deemed a criminal or
         civil offense.

         Criminal Code:
           https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/si/si046en.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="si" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Slovakia:
         Sections 376 and 377 of the Slovakian Criminal Code cover breach of confidentiality of
         spoken utterance and other forms of personal expression and the breach of secrecy of all
         types of instruments, recordings and documents. Section 376 states that the breach of
         secrecy, by way of disclosing or making available to a third party and/or using it to cause
         serious harm to another party, leads to an imprisonment of up to two years. Section 377
         defines breach of confidentiality as the making of an unlawful recording accessible to a
         third person or using it in any way that would hinder the other side's rights. This is
         punishable with a term of imprisonment of up to two years.

         Slovakian Criminal Code:
           https://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/4/Slovakia/show
    -->
    <country iso="sk" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Turkey:
         Article 132 of Law 5237, the Turkish Penal Code, sets the punishment for violating the
         secrecy of communication as six months to two years of imprisonment. If the violation of
         secrecy is done in the form of a recording, then the punishment is imprisonment of one to
         three years. The act of unlawfully publishing the contents of a communication is
         imprisonment of one to three years. Openly disclosing the content of a communication
         between oneself and others, without the other party or parties' consent, is imprisonment of
         six months to two years. If disclosure is done by way of the press or broadcast, the
         punishment is increased by one half. One may listen and record conversations of other
         parties, with the consent of at least one party. Doing so without consent is punishable
         with imprisonment of two to six months. Article 135 of the Turkish Penal Code defines
         punishment in the case of recording personal data and information. It stands to reason that
         one may record one's own calls without the consent of the other party, but the act of
         sharing those recordings in any way may result in persecution, either in the form of a
         criminal or civil case against the party that has recorded his or hew own calls.

         Turkish Penal Code:
           https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/tr/tr171en.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="tr" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Ukraine:
         Sharing a call recording without consent is a punishable offense, and can not be used as
         valid proof in a court of law. Call recordings may be handed over to the authorities, by
         one of the two parties without the other party's consent, when a crime is mentioned in the
         recording. In such cases the party that handed over the recording is not liable to fines or
         punishment, as the authorities will use the recording to initiate an investigation, but not
         as proof of a crime. The above information is covered in Articles 31 and 32 of the
         Constitution, as well as Articles 163, 182 and 359 of the Criminal Code.

         Constitution of Ukraine:
           https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=254%EA%2F96%2D%E2%F0

         Ukrainian Criminal Code:
           https://www.legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/52

         Radio Svoboda legal advice page:
           https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/details/28905674.html

         Legal discussion:
           https://sklaw.com.ua/ua/news/345_pro_naslidki_zapisu_telefonnoi_rozmovi_rozpovila_advokat_ao_spenser
    -->
    <country iso="ua" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Disable recording for United States of America, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the
                               United States Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico:
         Currently federal laws state that call recording is legal. On the other hand, each state
         has its own laws which take priority. Most states allow call recording when one sides
         agrees, but over 10 require both sides to agree. Since there are no ISO country codes per
         state, there is no way to differentiate whether the state you are currently in allows call
         recording or not. Due to this, call recording is set as disabled for the United States of
         America and some of its territories. These include Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the
         United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Until a method for properly differentiating
         between states is created, or a law or precedent emerges which would allow call recording
         to be legal in all of the USA and its territories, all aforementioned countries and
         territories should be set as false. Even if such a method is to be found, there is still
         the question of Native American Reservations, territories that have a cumulative size of
         over 200 000 square kilometers and might enforce their own set of laws for call recording.

         Two-party consent state laws:
           https://recordinglaw.com/party-two-party-consent-states/
    -->
    <country iso="us,vi,gu" allowed="false" />

    <!-- Enable recording for Kosovo:
         Article 36 of the Constitution of Kosovo defines the Right to Privacy. Article 202 of the
         Criminal Code of Kosovo covers the infringing of privacy in corresepondence and computer
         databases, which can be best explained as the act of violating and/or sharing a private
         document with another person. Article 203 covers the unauthorized disclosure of
         confidential information, when the person disclosing said information is under legal duty
         to maintain it as confidential. Said person is not liable when the disclosure of the
         confidential information is done so in the interest of the public. Paragraph 4 describes
         public interest as the welfare of the general public outweighing the individual interest.
         It is also permissible to use this as a defense when the disclosed information involves
         plans, preparation or the commission of crimes against the constitutional order or
         territorial integrity of the Republic of Kosovo or other criminal offenses that will cause
         great bodily injury or death to another person. Article 204 covers the unauthorized
         interception of a conversation or statement. Article 205 covers the unauthorized
         photographing or video recording of a person 'in his or her personal premises or in any
         other place where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy', with paragraph 4
         offering an exception for liability when the act is done to discover a criminal offence or
         the perpetrators of a criminal offence, or to present as evidence to the police,
         prosecution or court, and if the photos or recordings are submitted to these authorities.
         It is beyond doubt that none of these articles deal with recording personal conversation
         between two parties, hence the act of doing so is not explicitly punishable and is not a
         criminal offense that would warrant a criminal case.

         Constitution of Kosovo:
           https://kuvendikosoves.org/?cid=2,1058
         Criminal Code of Kosovo:
           https://assembly-kosova.org/common/docs/ligjet/Criminal%20Code.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="xk" allowed="true" />

    <!-- Enable recording for South Africa:
         Under the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of
         Communication-related Information Act of 2003, 4(1)(a)(b) as well as 16(5)(a)(b), it is
         legal for a party of a conversation to record said conversation, when there are reasonable
         grounds to believe that said act will prevent a crime, prevent bodily harm, is in the
         interest of public safety or one of the other reasons stated in the previously noted
         paragraphs.

         Regulation of Interception of Communications Act of 2003:
           https://www.gov.za/sites/default/files/gcis_document/201409/a70-02.pdf
    -->
    <country iso="za" allowed="true" />

</call-record-allowed-flags>