Electronic
Communications
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" data controller "" m e a n s any person, either alone or in
common with other persons, who controls and is responsible
for keeping and using of personal information on a computer,
or in structured manual files, and electronically requests,
collects, collates, processes or stores personal information
from or in respect of a data subject;
data interference " means the corruption, damaging, deletion,
deterioration, alteration or suppression of computer data
without authority;
" data message " means data generated, sent, received or
stored by electronic means and includes—
(a) a voice, where the voice is used in an automated
transaction; and
(b) a stored record;
" data subject " means any natural person from, or in respect
of w h o m , p e r s o n a l information h a s been r e q u e s t e d ,
c o l l e c t e d , c o l l a t e d , p r o c e s s e d or s t o r e d , after t h e
c o m m e n c e m e n t of this Act;
" decryption " means the electronic transformation of data or
communication that has been encrypted;
" delayed access message service " m e a n s a method by
w h i c h a c o m m u n i c a t i o n intended for a person can be
submitted using a communications system, without the
person being in direct contact with anyone submitting the
communication and can be subsequently accessed by the
person, whether or not other persons are able to access it;
" denial of service attacks " means rendering a computer
s y s t e m i n c a p a b l e o f p r o v i d i n g n o r m a l services to its
legitimate users;
" device " m e a n s an apparatus which can be used to intercept
a wire, oral or electronic communication other t h a n —
(a) a telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment or
facility, or any component thereof, furnished to the
subscriber or user by a provider of wire or electronic
communication service in the ordinary course of
business a n d —
(i) used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary
course of business or furnished by such
subscriber or user for connection to the
facilities of such service and used in the
ordinary course o f business; or
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