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Paragraph 4 Interpretation

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In this Schedule—

  • “at a distance” means that the service is provided without the parties being simultaneously present;

  • “at the individual request of a recipient of services” means that the service is provided through the transmission of data on individual request;

  • “by electronic means” means that the service is sent initially and received at its destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and entirely transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;

  • “information society service” means any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by electronic means, and at the individual request of a recipient of a service;

  • “recipient”, in relation to a service, means a person who, for professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible;

  • “service provider” means a person providing an information society service.