Electronic Transactions Act, 2008
an enactment requires a person to send, receive or retain the
information or records; and
(g) to provide for any other matter necessary for the effective
implementation of this Act.
Interpretation
144. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
“access” includes the actions of a person who, after taking note
of data, becomes aware of the fact that there is no authorisation to access that data and still continues to access that data;
“addressee”, in respect of an electronic record, means a person
who is intended by the originator to receive the electronic
record, but not a person acting as an intermediary with respect
to that electronic record;
“authentication products or services” means products or services
designed to identify the holder of an electronic signature to
other persons;
“authentication service provider” means a person whose authentication products or services have been accredited by the
Certifying Agency under this Act;
“Agency” means the National Information Technology Agency;
“automated transaction” means an electronic transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by means of electronic records in which the conduct or electronic records of
one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course of the individual’s business or employment;
“Board” means Board of the Agency;
“browser” means a computer programme which allows a person
to read hyperlinked electronic records;
“cache” means high speed memory that stores data for relatively
short periods of time, under computer control, in order to
speed up data transmission or processing;
“ccTLD” means country code domain at the top level of the
Internet’s domain name system assigned according to the
two-letter codes in the International Standard ISO 3166-1
(Codes for Representation of Names of Countries and their
Subdivision);
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