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Written materials, any sequence of letters, characters , numbers or any other sign or symbol that has
an intelligible meaning , whatever their report and the transmission format;
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Personal data File, any structured set of accessible data according to criteria determined that
whether this set is centralized , decentralized distributed on a functional or geographical basis to
identify a particular person;
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Service Provider, any corporation that provides public electronic communications services or IT
services ;
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Information, any element of knowledge likely to be represented through conventions to be used ,
stored , or communicated . The information can be expressed in written form, visual, aural , digital,
etc. . ;
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Critical Infrastructure , physical facilities and information technology , networks, services and assets
which, if disrupted or destroyed, would have a serious impact on the health , safety or economic and
social welfare of citizens or the continued operation of state services ;
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Interconnection of personal data, any connecting mechanism consisting in connecting data processed
by a determined purpose with other data processed for the same purpose or not or linked by one or
more data controller ;
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E-mail, any information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic , optical or similar means
including, but not limited to , electronic data interchange ( EDI) , electronic mail, telegram , telex and
the fax.
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Minor means any person under the age of eighteen years , in accordance with the Criminal Code;
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Means of cryptology, all scientific and technical tools (hardware or software) that are used to encrypt
and / or decrypt , it is also meant , , by means of encryption hardware or software designed or
modified to transform data that it is whether written or signals using secret agreements or to realize
the inverse operation with or without a secret agreement ;
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- Third party countries , all ECOWAS non-member state;
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Concerned Person means any natural person who is the subject of processing of personal data ;
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Provision of cryptology, any operation aiming at the implementation on oneself behalf or others ,
means of cryptology ;
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Cryptology Service provider , any individual or entity that provides a service of cryptology ;
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Child Pornography , all data regardless of the nature or form that visually depicts a child under 18
years of age engaged in sexually explicit conduct or images depicting a child under 15 years engaged
in behavior sexually explicit ;
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Direct prospecting , sending messages , regardless of the media or particular commercial, political or
charitable nature, designed to promote, directly or indirectly, the goods , services or image of a
person selling goods or providing services;
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Racism and xenophobia in ICT , any written material, picture or other representation of ideas or
theories, which advocates , promotes or incites hatred, discrimination or violence against a person or