631 Data processing, hosting and related activities; web portals

This class includes: - provision of infrastructure for hosting, data processing services and related activities - specialized hosting activities such as: • Web hosting • streaming services • application hosting - application service provisioning - general time-share provision of mainframe facilities to clients - data processing activities: • complete processing of data supplied by clients • generation of specialized reports from data supplied by clients - provision of data entry services This class excludes: - activities where the supplier uses the computers only as a tool are classified according to the nature of the services rendered

This class includes: - operation of web sites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format - operation of other websites that act as portals to the Internet, such as media sites providing periodically updated content This class excludes: - publishing of books, newspapers, journals etc. via Internet, see division 58 - broadcasting via Internet, see division 60