Electronic Agent: means a computer programme or any other electronic
means used to initiate an action or to respond to electronic records or actions, in
whole or in part, without review or actions by an individual at the time of the
action or response.
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is
stored in an electronic or any other medium and is retrievable in an intelligible
form.
Electronic Record: means a record created, sent, received or communicated,
stored by electronic means.
Originator: means a person whom, or on whose behalf, the electronic record
purports to have been sent or generated prior to storage, if any, but does not
include a person acting as a network intermediary with respect to that electronic
record.
Addressee: means a person who is intended by the originator to receive the
electronic record but does not include a person acting as a network intermediary
with respect to that electronic record.
Network Intermediary: means a person who, on behalf of another person,
sends, receives, transmits or stores that electronic record or provides other
services with respect to that electronic record.
Information: includes data, text, images, figures, sounds, codes, computer
programmes, software, databases, speech and the like.
Information System: means an electronic system for creating, sending,
communicating, receiving, storing, displaying or presenting information.
Electronic Signature: means information in electronic form in, affixed to, or
logically associated with an electronic record, and which may be used by the
signatory to authenticate its identity.
Signatory: means a person who holds a signature-creation device and acts
either on his own behalf or on behalf of the person he represents.
Signature-creation device: means a device, such as configured software or
hardware used by the signatory in creating an electronic signature.
Signature-creation data: means unique data, such as codes or private
cryptographic keys, which are used by the signatory to create an electronic
signature.
Signature-verification device: means data, such as codes or public
cryptographic keys, which are used for the purpose of verifying an electronic
signature.
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