No. 33
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Electronic Transactions
commercial communications, research tools, or access to, or
downloading of, online data, access to a communication network
or the hosting of information;
“electronic message” means any communication created, sent,
received or stored by electronic communication means, such as
computerized data exchange system, electronic mail system and
instant messaging;
“electronic record” means a record created, generated, sent,
communicated, received and maintained by electronic means;
“electronic signature” means data attached to, incorporated in,
or logically associated with, other data and which is intended by
the user to serve as a signature;
“encryption” means a method of transforming signals or
messages in a systematic way so that the signal would be
unintelligible without a suitable receiving apparatus;
“financial services” has the meaning ascribed to the term under
section 2 of the Financial Services Act;
“financial services law” has the meaning ascribed to the term
under section 2 of the Financial Services Act;
“ICANN” means Internet Corporation for Assigned Name and
Numbers;
“information system” means a system for generating, sending,
receiving, storing, displaying or otherwise processing electronic
messages, including internet;
“intermediary service provider” means any person or entity
that provides electronic communications services consisting of
the provision of access to communications networks, storage,
hosting or transmission of information through communication
networks;
“internet” means the interconnected system of networks that
connects computers around the world using Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) or other protocols, and
includes future versions thereof;
“Internet Service Provider (ISP)” means a company that
provides access to the internet and other related services such as
website building and virtual hosting to individuals or other
companies;
“key” means a piece of information that determines the
functional output of a cryptographic algorithm;
“key pair” means a pair of keys used for cryptography;
“Malawi CERT” means the Malawi Computer Emergency
Response Team established under section 6;
Cap. 44:05
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