Government will provide a rational and comprehensive framework to govern the establishment, ownership, control, management and delivery of information, entertainment and educational services to the citizen of Kiribati through provision of efficient and reliable public service sound radio and television. The Government will encourage public broadcasting, private broadcasting and community broadcasting using communication services developed in conjunction with the telecommunication networks to serve the whole of Kiribati. Digital terrestrial TV will be preferred over analogue TV to comply with the Broadcasting and TV guidelines of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). This does not mean that end users are obliged to have digital TV screen to access digital TV since conversion boxes are available in the market. Internet streaming will be used to deliver broadcast material in areas of low population density. The broadcasting services will emphasise local content, visualizing the country’s cultural events and other important and entertaining local programmes, in addition to overseas content. 8.7 E-Commerce Government will enact electronic transaction legislation to facilitate electronic transactions and the broader objectives of e-Commerce; Develop and adopt data protection and privacy policies and law in accordance with international best practice; Review the Evidence Act to create provisions specifying the actions, which amount to search, and which amount to seizure of electronic data, to ensure consistency with the larger body of the law of evidence and international best practices, also to permit the use of electronic records as evidence for judicial purposes; Educate consumers about electronic commerce in order to enhance the decision-making process on e-Commerce and to promote awareness of the consumer protection framework that will apply to online services. Promote the use of e-Commerce by the business community, taking into consideration their current low levels of awareness, access and usage of ICT. Government will promote payments made online and e-Money services. Government will press for mobile money services to be introduced in rural areas for those who have no bank accounts. Government will promote awareness amongst vendors, users and service providers of the need for compliance with banking laws and approval to operate e-Commerce services. Kiribati National ICT Policy 2019 21