Sec. 2(12).- Definitions “Data message”
ICT act, 2006 section 2(11)-“Data message” means
- transfer electric of data including
-electronic and optical,
-any information
-formed,
-sent,
-received or reserved
in the form of electronic mail, telegram, telex, tale-copy, short message (SMS) or in such other form;
United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts, art. (4)(c).—–
A data message means “information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, magnetic,
optical or similar means, including, but not limited to, electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex ortelecopy.
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (South Africa)
“data message” means data generated, sent, received or stored by electronic means and includes—
(a) voice, where the voice is used in an automated transaction; and
(b) a stored record;