Act 4 National Information Technology Authority, Uganda Act 2009 “Authority” means the National Information Technology Authority, Uganda established by section 3; “Board” means the Board of Directors appointed under section 7; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 7; “currency point” has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act; “data” means information recorded in a form in which it can be processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; “Executive Director” means the chief executive of the Authority, appointed under section 16; “e-Commerce” means the distribution, buying, selling, marketing and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the internet or other computer networks; “e-Government” is the use of information and communication technologies to deliver public services in a convenient, efficient customer-oriented, and cost-effective way; “e-Readiness survey” means a survey undertaken to establish the ability to use information technologies; “e-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; “e-waste” means any form of waste that is accumulated as a result of hardware used in information technology; “information technology” means the science of collecting and using information by means of computer systems and refers to computers, ancillary or peripheral equipment such as printers and scanners, software and firmware services including support services, and related resources and includes any equipment or interconnected systems that are 4