Electronic Government
[No. 41 of 2021
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“geographic information system” means an information system
that involves locational data, including maps or other geospatial information resources;
“identity” means designation of a specific person by means
of data which distinguishes that person from other persons
including name, date of birth, place of birth, company name,
alpha numerical or other unique identifying data
designations;
“information security” means the state of being protected
against the unauthorised use of information, especially
electronic data or the measures taken to achieve this;
“information system” means a system for generating, sending,
receiving, storing, displaying or otherwise processing data
messages, and includes the internet;
“public body” has the meaning assigned to the words in the
Public Finance Management Act, 2018;
Act No. 1 of
“Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)” means a framework for
creating a secure method for exchanging information based
on public key cryptography;
2018
“public officer” has the meaning assigned to the words in the
Constitution;
Cap. 1
“public register” means a register required to be maintained
by a public body under any other written law;
“public service” has the meaning assigned to the words in the
Constitution;
Cap. 1
“source identification number “ means a number used to
identify natural and legal persons and other data subjects
which is attributable to the data subject to be identified and
which, in the case of a natural person, also serves as the
basis for generating sector-specific personal identifiers; and
“unique identity” means designation of a specific person by
means of one or more features enabling that person to be
distinguished from another data subject.