Article 2 - Introduction
Where no specific provision is provided for in the attached Law, electronic transactions and commerce shall be governed by the relevant legislation
regulating each of them.
Article 3 - Introduction
The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology shall issue the by-laws and decisions to implement the provisions of the enclosed
Law.
Article 4 - Introduction
All concerned authorities, each within its jurisdiction, shall implement this Law, which shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Chapter One
Definitions
Article 1
Article 1
In the application of this Law, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each of them unless the context requires
otherwise:
“Person”: means a natural or juristic person;
“Supreme Council”: means the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (SCICT);
“Electronic”: means technology based on using electrical, electromagnetic or optical means or any other form of similar technological means;
“Electronic communication”: means any communication of information by means of telecommunications;
“Automated message” means a computer system or any other electronic or automated means used to initiate or respond to electronic communications
or related actions, in whole or in part, without review or intervention by a natural person;
“Information system”: means programs and devices for generating, sending, receiving, displaying, processing, or storing information;
“Data message”: means information generated, sent, received, processed, stored or displayed by one or more information systems or by means of
electronic communication;
“Accessible”: means the capability to view, gain access to, retrieve, use or obtain information;
“Originator” of a data message: a person by whom, or on whose behalf, the data message has been sent, generated or stored, but it does not include a
party acting as an intermediary with respect to that data message;
“Addressee”: means a person who is intended by the originator of the data message to receive the data message, but does not include a person acting
as an intermediary with respect to that message;
“Information”: means information in the form of text, laws, images, speech or sound;
“Personal information”: means information about an individual whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained either from that information or
from a combination of that information and other information;
“Electronic signature”: means the inscription affixed to a data message in the form of letters, numbers, symbols or tokens with a unique feature used to
identify the signatory and distinguish him from others for the purpose of indicating the signatory's approval of the data message;
“Signature-creation data”: means information, laws or special encryption keys used by the signatory in the creation of the electronic signature;