‘Department’ means the Department responsible for the administration of
this law;
‘device’ includes but is not limited to:
(a) components of electronic systems such as computer, mobile phones
graphic cards, memory chips;
(b) storage components such as hard drives, memory cards, compact
discs, tapes;
(c) input devices such as keyboards, mouse, track pad, scanner, digital
cameras;
(d) output devices such as printer, screens;
‘electronic data (or computer data)’ means any representation of facts,
concepts, information (being either texts, sounds or images) machinereadable code or instructions, in a form suitable for processing in an
electronic system, including a program suitable to cause an electronic
system to perform a function;
‘electronic data storage medium (or computer data storage media)’
means any article or material from which information is capable of being
reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device;
‘electronic system (or computer system)’ means a device or a group of
inter-connected or related devices, including the Internet, one or more
which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic processing of data or any
other function;
‘hinder’ in relation to an electronic system includes but is not limited to:
(a) cutting the electricity supply to an electronic system;
(b) causing electromagnetic interference to an electronic system;
(c) corrupting an electronic system by any means;
(d) inputting, transmitting, damaging, deleting, deteriorating, altering or
suppressing electronic data;
‘hosting provider’ means any natural or legal person providing an
electronic data transmission service by storing of information provided by a
user of the service;
‘hyperlink’ means a characteristic or property of an element such as
symbol, word, phrase, sentence, or image that contains information about
another source and points to and causes to display another document when
executed;
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