Act 2
Computer Misuse Act
2011
(a)
views, alters or erases the program or data;
(b)
copies or moves it to any storage medium other than that in which it is held or
to a different location in the storage medium in which it is held;
(c)
uses or destroys it; or
(d)
causes it to be output from the computer in which it is held whether by having
it displayed or in any other manner.
4.
Using a program.
A person uses a program if the function he or she causes the computer to perform—
(a)
causes the program to be executed; or
(b)
is itself a function of the program.
5.
Authorised access.
Access by a person to any program or data held in a computer is authorised if—
(a)
the person is entitled to control access to the program or data in question; or
(b)
the person has consent to access that program or data from any person who is
charged with giving that consent.
6.
References.
(1) A reference to a program or data held in a computer includes a reference to any
program or data held in any removable storage medium and a computer may be regarded as
containing any program or data held in any such medium.
(2) A reference to a program includes a reference to part of a program.
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