“Signatory”: means the person legally entitled to access signature creation data and to act personally or on behalf of a person in using such information for the creation of the electronic signature;  “Certification service provider”: means a person licensed to maintain an infrastructure of public keys, to issue certification certificates and to provide services related to electronic signatures; “Certification certificate”: means a document issued by a certification service provider that affirms the validity of the link between a signatory and the signature creation data;  “Electronic transaction”: means any deal, contract or agreement concluded or performed, in whole or in part, through electronic communications; “Relying party”: means a person that acts on the basis of a certification certificate or an electronic signature; “e-Commerce service”: means a service normally provided for consideration, or a service of a non­commercial nature, provided by means of any combination of an information system and any telecommunications network or telecommunications service, including electronic government services; “Service provider”: means a person providing an electronic commerce service; “Place of business”: means a non­transitory facility or installation used to carry on a business, including the provision of any service, exclusively used for that purpose; “Customer”: means a person engaging in a transaction as part of an electronic commerce service; “Consumer”: means a person who is acting for purposes other than those related to his trade, business or profession;  “Telecommunications”: any transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, pictures, data or information of any kind by wire, radio, optical, other electromagnetic means of communications or any other similar communication means; “Telecommunications network”: means any wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic system for routing, switching or transmitting telecommunications services between network termination points including fixed and mobile terrestrial networks, satellite networks, electricity or other utility transmission systems to the extent used for telecommunications, circuit or packet switched networks including those used for Internet Protocol services, and networks used for the delivery of broadcasting services including cable television networks; “Telecommunications service”: means any form of transmission of signs, text, images or other by means of a telecommunications network, but does not include broadcasting services; “Internet Protocol”: any of the set of communications protocols defining standards for Internet network interoperability, transmissions and related applications, including the “Transmission Control Protocol” “TCP” and the “TCP/IP” protocol suite; “Hosting services”: means electronic services that provide users with capabilities for storing information on the information systems of the service provider and making stored information accessible to other users of electronic commerce services; “Caching”: means the temporary storage of information in one or more information systems, whereby information is stored to enable access to it on a frequent basis; . Chapter Two Application of the Law Article 2 The provisions of this Law shall apply to transactions between parties who agree to conduct transactions using electronic communications. The consent of the person may be inferred from that person's conduct. The governmental entities shall give explicit consent in relation to electronic transactions of which they are a party. The competent governmental entities may, if so decided to carry out any of their duties by means of electronic communications, specify additional requirements or specifications. Article 3 The provisions of this Law shall not apply to the following documents and transactions: 1. instruments and documents relating to family matters and personal status; 2. instruments and documents related to real-estate incorporeal dispositions;