receives, or stores, a particular data message or
provides other services with respect to that data
message;
‘‘Internet’’ means the interconnected system of
networks that connects computers around the
world using the Transmission Control Protocol or
Internet Protocol and includes future versions of it;
‘‘Internet Protocol address’’ means the number
identifying the point of connection of a computer or
other device to the Internet;
"key pair" , in an asymmetric cryptosystem, means
a private key and its mathematically related public
key, having the property that the public key can
verify a digital signature that the private key
creates;
“location data” means a data processed in an
electronic communications network indicating the
geographical position of the terminal equipment of
a user of a public electronic communications
service, including data relating to­
(a)	 the latitude, longitude or altitude of the ter­
minal equipment;
(b)	 the direction of travel of the user; and
(c)	 the time the location information was
recorded;
“modification” means a modification of the
contents of a computer system by the operation of
any function of that computer system or any other
computer system as a result of which­
(a)	 a programme or data held in the computer
system is altered or erased;
(b)	 a programme or data is added to its
contents; or
(c)	 an act occurs which impairs the normal
operation of the computer system;
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