232Definitions

232 Definitions ***access***, in relation to data held in a computer or device, means— (a) the display of the data by the computer or device or any other output of the data from the computer or device; or (b) the copying or moving of the data to any other place in the computer or to a device; or (c) in the case of a program, the execution of the program; ***data*** includes— (a) information in any form; and (b) any program or part of a program; ***data held*** ***in a computer or device*** includes— (a) data entered or copied into the computer or device; and (b) data held in any removable data storage device for the time being in the computer; and (c) data held in a data storage device on a computer network of which the computer or device forms part; ***data storage device*** means any thing containing or designed to contain data for use by a computer; A USB storage device or a file server. ***device*** includes a data storage device, a smartphone, any other type of telephone capable of storing data and a SIM card; ***relevant knowledge*** means information or other assistance that would enable the officer— (a) to access data held in, or accessible from, a computer or device that belongs to, or is in the possession or under the control of, the offender or other person at the place or premises being searched; or (b) to copy to a data storage device data held in, or accessible from, a computer or device referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) to convert into documentary or another intelligible form— (i) data held in, or accessible from, a computer or device referred to in paragraph (a); or (ii) data held in a data storage device to which the data was copied as described in paragraph (b).