[§663M-1] Definitions. As used in this chapter:

"Claimant" means the plaintiff in a lawsuit or a person otherwise asserting a claim.

"Computer-based system" includes any computer or other information technology system, and any electronic device that controls, operates, monitors, or assists in the operation or functioning of equipment, machinery, plant, or a device using an embedded or installed microprocessor or chip.

"Consumer" means a natural person who, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, purchases, attempts to purchase, or is solicited to purchase goods or services.

"Core activities" means those business activities of a person which are supported by computer-based systems and which have been identified by the person, based on reasonable internal criteria, as being central to the continued operation of the business.

"Respondent" means the defendant in a lawsuit or a person otherwise defending against a claim, and includes those persons who are liable on a claim, but who were not made a party to the lawsuit or other assertion of the claim.

"Year 2000 error" means the failure of a computer-based system to accurately store, display, transmit, receive, process, calculate, compare, or sequence date and time data from, into, or between the years 1999 and 2000 and beyond, and leap year calculations. [L 1999, c 115, pt of §2]