African Union Legal Instrument
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Article 1: Definitions
For the purposes of this Convention:
AU means the African Union;
Child pornography means any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video,
image, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of
sexually explicit conduct, where:
a)
the production of such visual depiction involves a minor;
b)
such visual depiction is a digital image, computer image, or computergenerated image where a minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct or
when images of their sexual organs are produced or used for primarily
sexual purposes and exploited with or without the child's knowledge;
c)
such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that
a minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Code of conduct means set of rules formulated by the processing official with a view to
establishing the correct use of computer resources, networks and the electronic
communication of the structure concerned, and approved by the protection authority;
Commission means the African Union Commission;
Communication with the public by electronic means refers to any provision to the
public or segments of the public, of signs, signals, written material, image, audio or any
messages of any type, through an electronic or magnetic communication process;
Computer system means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other
high speed data processing device or a group of interconnected or related devices
performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions, and includes any data storage facility
or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device
or devices;
Computerized data means any representation of facts, information or concepts in a
form suitable for processing in a computer system;
Consent of data subject means any manifestation of express, unequivocal, free,
specific and informed will by which the data subject or his/her legal, judicial or treaty
representative accepts that his/her personal data be subjected to manual or electronic
processing;
The (or this) Convention means the African Union Convention on Cyber-security and
Personal Data Protection;