Victorian Current Acts

DEFAMATION ACT 2005 - SECT 10B

In this Division—

caching service means an online service whose principal function is to provide automatic, intermediate and temporary storage of content for the purpose of making the onward electronic transmission of the content more efficient for its users;

Example

A service for temporarily and automatically storing files that are most frequently downloaded by users of a website to speed up the download time for the files.

conduit service means an online service whose principal function is to enable its users to access or use networks or other infrastructure to connect to, or send or receive data by means of, the Internet;

Examples

1         A service provided by an internet service provider enabling its users to connect to the Internet.

2     An internet‑based service enabling its users to send emails or send text messages to other persons.

search engine means a software application or system designed to enable its users to search for content on the Internet;

search engine provider for a search engine means a person who maintains, or provides users with access to the search functions of, the search engine;

search result means a result generated by a search engine that is limited to identifying a webpage on which content is located by reference to one or more of the following—

        (a)     the title of the webpage;

        (b)     a hyperlink to the webpage;

        (c)     an extract from the webpage;

        (d)     an image from the webpage;

storage service means an online service, other than a caching service, whose principal function is to enable its users to store content remotely.

Example

An internet‑based cloud service enabling its users to store documents, videos or photographs for later retrieval.

S. 10C inserted by No. 31/2024 s. 15.