image message sent over a public electronic
communications network which can be stored in
the network or in the recipient’s terminal equipment
until it is collected by the recipient and includes
messages sent using a short message service;
"electronic record" means a record created,
generated, sent, communicated, received or stored
by electronic means;
"electronic signature" means an electronic sound,
symbol, or process attached to, or logically
associated with, an electronic record and executed
or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the
electronic record;
“identifiable person” means a person who can
be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by
reference to an identification number or to one
or more factors specific to his or her physical, phy
siological, mental, economic, cultural or social
identity;
‘‘information system’’ means a system for
generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying,
or otherwise processing, data messages and
includes the Internet;
‘‘information system services’’ includes the
provision of connections, the operation of facilities
for information systems, the provision of access to
information systems, the transmission or routing of
data messages between or among points specified
by a user and the processing and storage of data,
at the individual request of the recipient of the
service;
“intercept” in relation to a function of a computer,
includes listening to, or recording, a function of a
computer, or acquiring the substance, its meaning
or purport of that function;
‘‘intermediary’’ means a person who, on behalf of
another person, whether as agent or not, sends,
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