1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. 2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “access” in relation to a computer system or electronic communication system, means the right to use or open the whole or any part of the computer system or electronic communication system, or to see, open, use, get or enter information in the computer system or electronic communication system, with authorisation from the owner or operator thereof; “addressee” in relation to a data message, means a person who is intended by the originator of the data message to receive it, but not a person acting as an intermediary in respect of that data message; “advanced electronic signature” means an electronic signature that is unique to the user, capable of verification, under the sole control of the person using it, and linked to the data in such a manner that if the data is changed, the signature is invalidated; “Anti-Corruption Commission” means the Anti-Corruption Commission established under the AntiCorruption Commission Act; “aural transfer” means a transfer containing the human voice at a point between, and including, the point of origin and the point of reception; “authentication products or services” means products or services designed to identify the holder of an electronic signature to other persons; “authentication service provider” means a person whose authentication products or services are accredited by the Accreditation Authority under section 29 or recognised by the Minister under section 32; “Authority” means the Communications Authority continued under section 4 of the Information and Communication Technologies Act, 2009; “automated transaction” means an electronic transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by means of data messages in which the conduct of data messages of one or both parties are not reviewed by a natural person in the ordinary course of the natural person’s business or employment; “browser” means a computer program which allows a person to read a hyperlinked data message; “cache” means high speed memory that stores data for relatively short periods of time, under computer control, in order to speedup data transmission or processing; “call-related information” includes switching, dialing or signaling information that identifies (/) the origin, destination, termination, duration and equipment identification of each communication generated or