Computer Misuse Act, 2011 Uganda "damage" means any impairment to a computer or the integrity or availability of data, program, system or information that— (a) causes any loss; (b) modifies or impairs or potentially modifies or impairs the medical examination, diagnosis, treatment or care of one or more persons; (c) causes or threatens physical injury or death to any person; or (d) threatens public health or public safety; "data" means electronic representations of information in any form; "data message" means data generated, sent, received or stored by computer means; and includes— (a) voice, where the voice is used in an automated transaction; and (b) a stored record; "electronic device", "acoustic device", or "other device" means any device or apparatus that is used or is capable of being used to intercept any function of a computer; "electronic record" means data which is recorded or stored on any medium in or by a computer or other similar device, that can be read or perceived by a person or a computer system or other similar device and includes a display, printout or other out put of that data; "function" includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage, retrieval and communication or telecommunication to, from or within a computer; "information" includes data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software and databases; "information system" means a system for generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying or otherwise processing data messages; and includes the internet or any other information sharing system; "information system services" includes a provision of connections, operation facilities, for information systems, the provision of access to information systems, the transmission or routing of data messages between or among points specified by a user and the processing and storage of data, at the individual request ofthe recipient ofthe service; "intercept", in relation to a function of a computer, includes listening to or recording a function of a computer or acquiring the substance, meaning or purport of such a function; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for information and communications technology; "person" includes any company or association or body of persons corporate or unincorporate; "program" or "computer program" means data representing instructions or statements that, when executed in a computer, causes the computer to perform a function; "traffic data" means any computer data relating to communication by means of a computer system generated by a computer system that formed a part in the chain of communication, indicating the communication’s origin, destination, route, time, date, size, duration or type of underlying service. Part II – General provisions 3. Securing access A person secures access to any program or data held in a computer if that person— (a) views, alters or erases the program or data; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 2