Board Decision Establishing Regulatory Framework
programs, and unlawful invasion into a computer information system and
destruction of a computer information system's functionality, data, and application
program.
12.2An Internet Café Service Provider and its customers cannot use the Internet Café to
produce, download, duplicate, review, disseminate or otherwise use prohibited
information, the scope of which in general conforms to the scope of the information
that is prohibited from being produced, duplicated, publicized or disseminated
through the telecommunications network.
12.3Internet Cafes must post a sign board stating that "Cyber Crimes (Hacking, Virus
Distribution, Port scanning and etc.) and acts against Rwanda culture are
prohibited"
12.4An Internet Café Service Provider must obtain an Internet connection from licensed
Internet connection service providers (ISPs). The computers provided for customer
use must be connected to the Internet via a local network only, not directly linked
to the Internet.
12.5Internet Café Service Provider should procure licensed Anti-Virus package for all
the machines installed in the Café. All the computers should be installed with the
licensed Anti-Virus package that should be updated every day. All the computers
should be fully scanned everyday through the Anti-Virus package installed in it.
12.6Internet Café Service Provider should use UPS for power backups to all computers
connected to his Local Area Network in order to protect data for customers when
electricity goes off.
ARTICLE 13: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
All the software installed in the computers in the Internet Cafe are expected to have
proper license. Otherwise only open source software should be installed for the use by
customers.
ARTICLE 14: BILLING
Internet Cafés are required to set the price for their customers based on their
connection speed, facilities in the café etc. The billing should be appropriate for the
services provided by Cyber Café and should be displayed at the entrance. The price set
should be transparent for different time periods starting from minimum (eg: 10
Minutes).
CHAPTER IV: PROVISIONS ON REPORTING AND ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE 15: REPORTING
Any Internet Café authorized under this Decision shall provide statistics information on
quarterly basis pursuant to the format to be provided by RURA.
For Operation of Internet Café in Rwanda
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