§ 7006. Definitions
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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1)Consumer The term “consumer” means an individual who obtains, through a transaction, products or services which are used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, and also means the legal representative of such an individual.
(2)Electronic The term “electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(3)Electronic agent The term “electronic agent” means a computer program or an electronic or other automated means used independently to initiate an action or respond to electronic records or performances in whole or in part without review or action by an individual at the time of the action or response.
(4)Electronic record The term “electronic record” means a contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means.
(5)Electronic signature The term “electronic signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.
(6)Federal regulatory agency The term “Federal regulatory agency” means an agency, as that term is defined in section 552(f) of title 5.
(7)Information The term “information” means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like.
(8)Person The term “person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(9)Record The term “record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(10)Requirement The term “requirement” includes a prohibition.
(11)Self-regulatory organization The term “self-regulatory organization” means an organization or entity that is not a Federal regulatory agency or a State, but that is under the supervision of a Federal regulatory agency and is authorized under Federal law to adopt and administer rules applicable to its members that are enforced by such organization or entity, by a Federal regulatory agency, or by another self-regulatory organization.
(12)State The term “State” includes the District of Columbia and the territories and possessions of the United States.
(13)Transaction The term “transaction” means an action or set of actions relating to the conduct of business, consumer, or commercial affairs between two or more persons, including any of the following types of conduct—
(A)the sale, lease, exchange, licensing, or other disposition of
(i)personal property, including goods and intangibles,
(ii)services, and
(iii)any combination thereof; and
(B)the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of any interest in real property, or any combination thereof.
(Pub. L. 106–229, title I, § 106, June 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 472.)
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- Public Law 106–229To facilitate the use of electronic records and signatures in interstate or foreign commerce
- Public Law 115–174To promote economic growth, provide tailored regulatory relief, and enhance consumer protections, and for other purposes
- Public Law 111–203To promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end “too big to fail”, to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes
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- Pub. L. 106–229, title I, § 106
- 114 Stat. 472
- section 107 of Pub. L. 106–229
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