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"correspond", in relation to a private key or public key, means to belong to
the same key pair;
"digital signature" (a)
(b)
means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an
electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem such that a
person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the
signer's
public
key
can
accurately
be
determined (i)
whether the transformation was created using the private
key that corresponds to the signer's public key; and
(ii)
whether the initial electronic record has been altered since
the transformation was made; and
includes voice recognition features, digital fingerprinting or such
other biotechnology features or process, as may be prescribed;
"electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital,
magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities;
"electronic agent" means a computer programme or an electronic or other
automated means used to initiate an action or response to electronic
records or performances in whole or in part without review or action by an
individual;
"electronic record" means a record created, generated,
communicated, received or stored by electronic means;
sent,
"electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process
attached to or logically associated with an electronic record and executed
or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the electronic record;
"information" means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer
programmes, software, databases, or the like;
"information processing system" means an electronic system for creating,
generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, or processing
information;
"key pair" , in an asymmetric cryptosystem, means a private key and its
mathematically related public key, having the property that the public key
can verify a digital signature that the private key creates;