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1. In this Schedule—
“consumer” means an individual acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession;
“authentication” means verifying—
the identity of a user, process or device; or
the origin or content of a message or other information;
“cryptography” means the discipline which embodies principles, means and methods for the transformation of data in order to hide its information content, prevent its undetected modification or prevent its unauthorised use and is limited to the transformation of information using one or more secret parameters or associated key management;
“secret parameter” means a variable, constant or key kept from the knowledge of others or shared only within a group.
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