This document discusses non-repudiation and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). It defines non-repudiation as a situation where an author cannot deny authorship or validity of a contract. In digital security, non-repudiation provides proof of integrity, origin and authentication of data. Trusted third parties like forensic analysts and notaries can verify identities and signatures. PGP was invented by Phil Zimmermann and uses digital signatures and encryption to provide privacy, integrity, authentication and non-repudiation for email. It uses hashing, secret keys and public-private key pairs in its operations.