Section 2

searching the Internet for electronic addresses; and

collecting, compiling, capturing or otherwise harvesting those electronic addresses;“Authority” means the Info‑communications Media Development Authority established by section 3 of the Info‑communications Media Development Authority Act 2016;“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;“dictionary attack” means the method by which the electronic address of a recipient is obtained using an automated means that generates possible electronic addresses by combining names, letters, numbers, punctuation marks or symbols into numerous permutations;“electronic address” means an email address, an instant messaging account or a mobile telephone number to which an electronic message can be sent;“instant messaging account” means an account of a user of an instant messaging service;“instant messaging service” means a messaging service that allows a user to exchange messages with other users who are using the service concurrently;“Internet access service provider” means a person who provides a service to give the public access to the Internet;“recipient”, in relation to an electronic message, means an authorised user of the electronic address to whom the message is sent, and where a recipient of an electronic message has one or more electronic addresses in addition to the address to which the message was sent, the recipient is treated as a separate recipient with respect to each such address;“sender”, in relation to an electronic message, means a person who sends the message, causes the message to be sent, or authorises the sending of the message;“unsubscribe request” means a request by a recipient of an electronic message, requesting the sender to stop sending any further electronic messages to the recipient’s electronic address.