Electronic Communications and Transactions [No. 4 of 2021 “digital signature” means an electronic signature consisting of a transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric cryptosystem and a hash function such that a person having the initial untransformed electronic record and the signer’s public key can accurately determine whether the— (a) transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key; and (b) initial electronic record has been altered since the transformation was made; “domain name” means the alphanumeric designation that is registered or assigned in respect of an electronic address or other resource on the internet; “domain name system” means a system to translate domain names into IP addresses or other resources; “ecommerce” means a system which allows a commercial transaction to be conducted electronically on the internet or any other network using electronic, optical or similar media for information exchange; “electronic” in relation to technology, means having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities; “electronic agent” means a computer program or an electronic or other automated means used independently to initiate an action or respond to electronic records or performances in whole or in part without review or action by an individual at the time of the action or response; “electronic communication” means a transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by radio, electromagnetic, photo-electronic or photo-optic system, but does not include— (a) direct oral communication; or (b) any communication made through a tone only paging device; “electronic communications system” means a radio, electromagnetic, photooptical or photoelectronic facility for the transmission of electronic communications, and any computer facility or related electronic equipment, for electronic storage of those communications; 137

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