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No.13
Electronic Transactions
2015
such date as the Minister may, by notice published in the
Gazette, appoint.
Application
Interpretation
2. Save for Part III, this Act shall apply to Tanzania
Mainland as well as Tanzania Zanzibar.
3. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise "access" in relation to any computer system, means to gain
entry to, instruct, communicate with, store data in,
retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any of
the resources of the computer system or network or
data storage medium;
"addressee” means a person or party who is intended by the
originator to receive an electronic communication, but
does not include a party acting as an intermediary in
respect of that electronic communication;
“computer system” means a device or combination of
devices, including network, input and output devices
capable of being used in conjunction with external
files which contain computer programmes, electronic
instructions, input data and output data that perform
logic, arithmetic data storage and retrieval
communication control and other functions;
“consumer” means any person who enters or intends to
enter into an electronic transaction with a supplier as
the end user of goods or services offered by the
supplier;
“cryptography” means the art of protecting information by
transforming it into an unreadable format;
“ data" means any information presented in an electronic
form;
“ data message” means data generated, communicated,
received or stored by electronic, magnetic optical or
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