“cybersecurity policy” means a formal set of rules enforced in order to
protect the information and computer system;
“cyber extortion” means a form of cybercrime which occurs when a person
uses the internet to demand money or other goods or behaviour from
another person by threatening to inflict harm to his person, reputation, or
property;
“device” –
(a)
means a unit of physical or virtual hardware or equipment that
provides one or more computing functions; and
(b)
includes –
(i)
a computer program, code, software or an application;
(ii)
a component of a computer system such as, but not limited
to a graphic card, memory card, chip or processor;
(iii)
computer storage component; or
(iv)
an input and/or output device;
“electronic communication” means the transfer of a sign, signal or
computer data of any nature, transmitted in whole or in part by an
electrical, digital, magnetic, electromagnetic, optical, wire, wireless, radio,
photo electronic or photo optical system or any other similar form;
“fake profile” means an untrue online representation, existent or nonexistent;
“function” includes logic, control, arithmetic, deletion, storage and retrieval
and communication to, from or within a computer system;
“Global Action on Cybercrime Extended project” refers to the Council of
Europe��s Glacy project designed to strengthen the capacities of States
worldwide on the application of cybercrime legislation and electronic
evidence, and of which Mauritius is a priority country;
“harm” includes physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or moral abuse,
injury, neglect, ill-treatment, degradation, discrimination, exploitation or
impairment of health or development;
“information and communication technologies” has the same meaning as
in the Information and Communication Technologies Act;
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