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and
Communications
Transactions
(ii) used by a provider of wire or electronic
c o m m u n i c a t i o n service in the ordinary
c o u r s e o f b u s i n e s s , or by
a law
enforcement officer in the ordinary course
of the law enforcement officer's duties;
or
(b) a hearing aid or similar device;
" digital signature " means an electronic signature consisting
of a t r a n s f o r m a t i o n of an e l e c t r o n i c record using an
asymmetriccrypto-system such that a person having the
initial untransformed electronic record and the signer's
public key can accurately be d e t e r m i n e d —
(a) whether the transformation was created using the
private key that corresponds to the signer's public
key; or
(b) whether the initial electronic record has been altered
since the transformation was made;
and includes voice recognition features, digital fingerprinting
or such other biotechnology feature or process, as may be
prescribed;
" distributed denial of service " means an attack that m a k e s
use of t h e user or s e r v e r t e c h n o l o g y to m u l t i p l y t h e
effectiveness of the denial of service attack on one or more
computer systems;
" domain name " means an alpha-numeric designation that is
registered or assigned in respect of an electronic address
or other resource on the internet;
" domain name system " means a system to translate domain
names into IP address or other information;
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" Drug Enforcement Commission " means the Drug
Enforcement Commission established under the Narcotic
Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act;
" e - g o v e m m e n t service " means any public service provided
by electronic means by any public body;
" e l e c t r o n i c agent " m e a n s a c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m or an
electronic or other automated means used independently
to initiate an action or r e s p o n d to d a t a m e s s a g e s or
p e r f o r m a n c e s in w h o l e or in part, in an a u t o m a t e d
transaction;
" electronic signature " means data attached to, incorporated
in, or logically associated with other data and which is
intended by the user to serve as a signature;