Act 8 Electronic Transactions Act 2011 “information” includes data,text,images,sounds,codes,computer programmes, software and databases; “information system” means a system for generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying or otherwise processing data messages and includes the internet or any other information sharing system; “information system services” includes a provision of connections, operation facilities, for information systems, the provision of access of 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; “intermediary” means a person who, on behalf of another person, whether as agent or not, sends, receives or stores a particular data message or provides other services with respect to that data message; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for information and communications technology; “originator” means a person by whom or on whose behalf, a data message is sent or generated prior to storage, but does not include a person acting as an intermediary in respect of that data message; “person” includes any company or association or body of persons corporate or unincorporate; “public body” includes the Government, a department, service or undertaking of the Government, Cabinet, Parliament, a court, local Government administration or a local council and any committee or commission thereof, an urban authority, a municipal council and any committee of any such council, any corporation, committee, board, commission or similar body whether corporate or incorporate established by an Act of Parliament relating to undertakings of public services or such 6