(a) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their
language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and
procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a
particular transaction.
(b) "Automated transaction" means a transaction conducted or performed, in
whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts
or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract
or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction.
(c) "Computer program" means a set of statements or instructions to be used
directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring
about a certain result.
(d) "Contract" means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties'
agreement as affected by this act and other applicable law.
(e) "Digital signature" means a type of electronic signature consisting of a
transformation of an electronic message using an asymmetric crypto system such
that a person having the initial message and the signer's public key can
accurately determine whether:
(1) The transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to
the signer's public key; and
(2) the initial message has not been altered since the transformation was
made.
(f) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital,
magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
(g) "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.
(h) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent,
communicated, received or stored by electronic means.
(i) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol or process
attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a
person with the intent to sign the record.
(j) "Governmental agency" means an executive, legislative, or judicial
agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution or
instrumentality of the federal government or of a state or of a county,
municipality or other political subdivision of a state.
(k) "Information" means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer
programs, software, databases or the like.
(l) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for creating,
generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying or processing information.
(m) "Message" means a digital representation of information.
(n) "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.
(o) "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.
(p) "Registered certification authority" means a person providing
certification of a digital signature who is, or is certified by, a member of
the group of certification authorities approved by and registered with the
secretary.
(q) "Secretary" means the Kansas secretary of state.
(r) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of
verifying that an electronic signature, record or performance is that of a
specific person or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an
electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of
algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption,
callback or other acknowledgment procedures.
(s) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular
possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(t) "Transaction" means an action or set of actions occurring between two or
more persons relating to the conduct of business, insurance, commercial
or
governmental
affairs.
(a) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their
language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and
procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a
particular transaction.
(b) "Automated transaction" means a transaction conducted or performed, in
whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts
or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract
or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction.
(c) "Computer program" means a set of statements or instructions to be used
directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring
about a certain result.
(d) "Contract" means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties'
agreement as affected by this act and other applicable law.
(e) "Digital signature" means a type of electronic signature consisting of a
transformation of an electronic message using an asymmetric crypto system such
that a person having the initial message and the signer's public key can
accurately determine whether:
(1) The transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to
the signer's public key; and
(2) the initial message has not been altered since the transformation was
made.
(f) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital,
magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
(g) "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.
(h) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent,
communicated, received or stored by electronic means.
(i) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol or process
attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a
person with the intent to sign the record.
(j) "Governmental agency" means an executive, legislative, or judicial
agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution or
instrumentality of the federal government or of a state or of a county,
municipality or other political subdivision of a state.
(k) "Information" means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer
programs, software, databases or the like.
(l) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for creating,
generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying or processing information.
(m) "Message" means a digital representation of information.
(n) "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.
(o) "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.
(p) "Registered certification authority" means a person providing
certification of a digital signature who is, or is certified by, a member of
the group of certification authorities approved by and registered with the
secretary.
(q) "Secretary" means the Kansas secretary of state.
(r) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of
verifying that an electronic signature, record or performance is that of a
specific person or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an
electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of
algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption,
callback or other acknowledgment procedures.
(s) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular
possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(t) "Transaction" means an action or set of actions occurring between two or
more persons relating to the conduct of business, insurance, commercial
or
governmental
affairs.
(a) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in fact, as found in their
language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and
procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a
particular transaction.
(b) "Automated transaction" means a transaction conducted or performed, in
whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts
or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an existing contract
or fulfilling an obligation required by the transaction.
(c) "Computer program" means a set of statements or instructions to be used
directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring
about a certain result.
(d) "Contract" means the total legal obligation resulting from the parties'
agreement as affected by this act and other applicable law.
(e) "Digital signature" means a type of electronic signature consisting of a
transformation of an electronic message using an asymmetric crypto system such
that a person having the initial message and the signer's public key can
accurately determine whether:
(1) The transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to
the signer's public key; and
(2) the initial message has not been altered since the transformation was
made.
(f) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital,
magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.
(g) "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.
(h) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent,
communicated, received or stored by electronic means.
(i) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol or process
attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a
person with the intent to sign the record.
(j) "Governmental agency" means an executive, legislative, or judicial
agency, department, board, commission, authority, institution or
instrumentality of the federal government or of a state or of a county,
municipality or other political subdivision of a state.
(k) "Information" means data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer
programs, software, databases or the like.
(l) "Information processing system" means an electronic system for creating,
generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying or processing information.
(m) "Message" means a digital representation of information.
(n) "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.
(o) "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.
(p) "Registered certification authority" means a person providing
certification of a digital signature who is, or is certified by, a member of
the group of certification authorities approved by and registered with the
secretary.
(q) "Secretary" means the Kansas secretary of state.
(r) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of
verifying that an electronic signature, record or performance is that of a
specific person or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an
electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of
algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers, encryption,
callback or other acknowledgment procedures.
(s) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular
possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(t) "Transaction" means an action or set of actions occurring between two or
more persons relating to the conduct of business, insurance, commercial
or
governmental
affairs.