Computer and Computer Related Crimes Bill \ 5 Computer and Computer Related Crimes Bill AN ACT to combat computer and computer related crime and to facilitate the collection of electronic evidence. Part I Introduction Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Computer and Computer Related Crimes Act. Object 2. The object of this Act is to protect the integrity of computer systems and the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data, prevent abuse of such systems and facilitate the gathering and use of electronic evidence. Definitions 3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: “computer data” means any representation of facts, information or concepts in a form suitable for processing in a computer system, including a program suitable to cause a computer system to perform a function; “computer data storage medium” means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device; “computer system” means a device or a group of inter-connected or related devices, including the internet, one or more of which, pursuant to a program, performs automatic processing of data or any other function; “service provider” means: (a) a public or private entity that provides to users of its services the ability to communicate by means of a computer system; and (b) any other entity that processes or stores computer data on behalf of that entity or those users. “traffic data” means computer data: (a) that relates to a communication by means of a computer system; and (b) is generated by a computer system that is part of the chain of communication; and (c) shows the communication’s origin, destination, route, time date, size, duration or the type of underlying services.