Act 8
Electronic Transactions Act
(b) a stored record;
2011
“data subject” means a person from whom or in respect of whom
personal information has been requested, collected,
collated, processed or stored;
“e-Government services” includes a public service provided by
computer means by a public body in Uganda;
“electronic agent” means a computer program or an electronic or
other automated means used independently to initiate an
action or respond to data messages or performances in
whole or in part, in an automated transaction;
“electronic communication” means a communication by means
of data messages;
“electronic record” means data which is recorded or stored on
any medium in or by a computer system or other similar
device, that can be read or perceived by a person or a
computer system or other similar device and includes a
display, printout or other output of that data;
“electronic records system” includes the computer system or other
similar device by or in which data is recorded or stored and the
procedure for recording and storing of electronic records;
“electronic signature” means data in electronic form affixed to
or logically associated with a data message, which may be
used to identify the signatory in relation to the data message
and indicates the signatory's approval of the information
contained in the data message; and includes an advanced
electronic signature as well as secure signature;
“electronic transaction” means the exchange of information or data,
the sale or purchase of goods or services, between businesses,
households, individuals, governments, and other public or
private organizations, conducted over computer-mediated
networks;
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