Law / Vanuatu

Electronic Transactions Act 2000, intermediary liability limitation

Electronic Transactions Act No. 24 of 2000 (Vanuatu), Cap 263

In force since 6 Nov 2000.

A linking and framing rule binding public and private bodies.

Instrument type

an act of a legislature

What it requires

• Applies to you as an intermediary: a person who, on behalf of another, sends, receives, stores or provides other services with respect to an electronic record.
• You are not subject to civil or criminal liability for information in a record you carry if you were not its originator, have no actual knowledge that it gives rise to liability, and are not aware of facts or circumstances from which the likelihood of liability ought reasonably to have been known.
• You need not monitor the information you carry to establish such knowledge.
• Remove information as soon as practicable, and notify the Minister or the appropriate law enforcement agency, once you acquire actual knowledge that it gives rise to civil or criminal liability.
• If you become aware of facts suggesting a likelihood of liability, follow an approved code of conduct or notify the Minister, who may then direct removal.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.

In the frameworks

NIST AI RMF

• MANAGE 4.1Post-deployment AI system monitoring plans are implemented, including mechanisms for capturing and evaluating input from users and other relevant AI actors, appeal and override, decommissioning, incident response, recovery, and change management.

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