Unless the subject matter or context otherwise requires, the terms used in this Regulatory Policy shall have the meaning given to them in the Federal Law by Decree No. [3] of 2003 Regarding the Organization of the Telecommunications Sector, if any. For the purposes of this Regulatory Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

1-1     Blocking Message: means the message which appears when attempting to access Blocked Content.

1-2 Exemption: means in respect of a particular User’s access to Internet Content, allowing that User to access Internet Content under Prohibited Content Categories fully or partially, permanently or temporarily.

1-3 Internet: means the publicly available worldwide collection of interconnected networks using the Internet Protocol (IP) which allows them to function as a single, large virtual network.

1-4 Internet Access Management means the mechanism to permit or block access to Internet Content.

1-5     Internet Protocol: means an Internet network-layer protocol, defined by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

1-6 Internet Service: means the service of providing access to Internet Content to the Users. 

1-7 Blocking Request: means a request submitted to the TDRA to authorize Licensees to block access to particular Internet Content.

1-8 Unblocking Request: means a request submitted to the TDRA to authorize Licensees to allow access to a particular Internet Content, which has been blocked at the time of the request.

1-9 Prohibited Content Categories: means the Prohibited Content Categories, as amended and outlined in Annex (1) of this Regulatory Policy from time to time. 

1-10   Telecom Law: means Federal Law by Decree No. 3 of 2003 regarding the Organization of the Telecommunications Sector.

1-11 Internet Content: means all forms of information, services, resources and content which are available on the Internet, including but not limited to electronic services, websites, systems, Internet-connected devices, data, text, images, animations, software, applications, video files, audio files, data sources, searches, technologies and protocols.

1-12 Prohibited Content: means the Internet Content as defined in Article 3.1 of this Policy.

1-13 Blocked Content: means the Internet Content to which access has been blocked by the Licensees.

1-14 User: means an individual or entity using the Internet Service in the United Arab Emirates.

1-15 Licensees: means a holder of a license issued in accordance with the Telecom Law.

          1-16   Policy: this regulatory policy.