"electronic"
means, relating to technology, having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless,
optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;
"function"
includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage and retrieval, and
communication and telecommunication to, from or within a computer or computer
system;
"information
and communication service" means any service involving the use of
information and communication technology, including telecommunication services;
"information
and communication technology" means any technology employed in the
collecting, storing, using or sending out of information, including any
technology involving the use of computers or any telecommunication system;
"intercepts"
means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any electronic,
magnetic, optical or oral communication through the use of any device;
"national
emergency organisations" include the police force, security forces,
fire brigade, ambulance services, medical services, veterinarian services and
environmental disaster agencies, whether or not such organisations are owned
and managed on a private or public basis;
"password"
means any data by which a computer service, computer or computer system is
capable of being obtained, accessed or used;
"programme"
means an instruction or a set of instructions, expressed in words, codes,
schemes or any other form, which is capable, when incorporated in a
machine-readable medium, of causing a computer or computer system to achieve a
particular task or result;
"property"
means property of any kind, nature or description, whether moveable or
immoveable, tangible or intangible, and includes(a) any currency whether or not the currency is
legal tender in Botswana;
(b) information, including an electronically
produced programme or data or copy thereof, whether tangible or intangible,
human or computer-readable data, or data in transit; or
(c) any right or interest in property;
"service
provider" means any public or private person who(a) provides to users of its services the
ability to communicate by means of a computer or computer system;
(b) processes or stores computer data on its
behalf or on behalf of the users of its services; or
(c) provides an information and communication
service, including telecommunication;
"subscriber"
means a person who lawfully uses the service of a service provider;