(1) In this Act -

"act" includes an omission;

"data" means any representation of facts, information or concepts in a form capable of being processed in an information system, and includes a programme capable of causing an information system to perform a function;

"information system" means - (a) a device or group of interconnected or related devices, one or more than one of which performs automatic processing of data pursuant to a programme, and (b) data stored, processed, retrieved or transmitted by such a device or group of devices for the purposes of the operation, use, protection or maintenance of the device or group of devices, as the case may be;