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Communications
Transactions

" addressee " in relation to a data message, means a person
w h o is intended by the originator of the data message to
receive it, but not a person acting as an intermediary in
respect of that data message;
" a d v a n c e d e l e c t r o n i c s i g n a t u r e " m e a n s an e l e c t r o n i c
signature that is unique to the user, capable of verification,
under the sole control of the person using it, and linked to
the data in such a manner that if the data is changed, the
signature is invalidated;
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" Anti-Corruption Commission " m e a n s the Anti-Corruption
Commission established under the Anti-Corruption
Commission Act;
" aural transfer" means a transfer containing the human voice
at a point between, and including, the point of origin and
the point of reception;
" authentication products or services " means products or
services designed to identify the holder of an electronic
signature to other persons;
"authentication service p r o v i d e r " m e a n s a person w h o s e
authentication products or services are accredited by the
Accreditation Authority under section twenty-nine
or
recognised by the Minister under section thirty-two;

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"Authority " means the Communications Authority continued
under section four of the Information and Communication
Technologies Act, 2009;
" automated transaction " means an electronic transaction
conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by means of
data messages in which the conduct of data messages of
one or both parties are not reviewed by a natural person in
the ordinary course of the natural person's business or
employment;
•' browser " m e a n s a computer program which allows a
person to read a hyperlinked data message;
" cache " m e a n s high speed m e m o r y that stores data for
relatively short periods of time, under computer control, in
order to speedup data transmission or processing;
" call-related information " includes switching, dialing or
signaling information that identifies the origin, destination,
termination, duration and equipment identification of each
communication generated or received by a customer or
user of any equipment, facility or service provided by a
service provider and, where applicable, the location of the
user within the telecommunications system;

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