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“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 Mauritius;
(b)
information, including an electronically produced data or program, or a
copy thereof, whether tangible or intangible, human or computer readable
data, or data while in transit; or
(c)
any right or interest in property;
“public key” means the key of a key pair used to verify a digital signature;
“record” means information that is inscribed, stored or otherwise fixed on a tangible
medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
perceivable form;
“service provider” means any person who provides an information and communication
service, including telecommunication;
“subscriber” means a person using the services of a service provider;
“subscriber information” means any information, contained in the form of computer data
or any other form, that is held by a service provider, relating to subscribers, other than
traffic or other data, by which can be established (a)
the type of the communication service used, the technical provisions taken to use
the communication service and the period of the service;
(b)
the subscriber’s identity, postal or geographical address, telephone and other
access number, billing and payment information, available on the basis of a
service agreement or arrangement; or
(c)
any other information on the site of installation of a communication equipment
available on the basis of a service agreement or arrangement;
“telecommunication” means a transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals,
writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other
electro-magnetic systems whether or not such signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or
intelligence have been subjected to rearrangement, computation or other processes by
any means in the course of their transmission, emission or reception;
“underlying service” means the type of service that is being used within the computer
system;
“traffic data” means any data relating to a communication by means of a computer
system and generated by the system that form part in the chain of communication,