ECPA_ELECTRONIC_SURVEILLANCE_001

rules/regulations/us/ecpa_electronic_surveillance.yaml

Citation

18 U.S.C. §2511(1): Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter any person who - (a) intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire, oral, or electronic communication; (b) intentionally uses, endeavors to use, or procures any other person to use or endeavor to use any electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept any oral communication; (c) intentionally discloses, or endeavors to disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subsection; (d) intentionally uses, or endeavors to use, the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that the information was obtained through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic communication in violation of this subsection - shall be punished as provided in subsection (4) or shall be subject to suit as provided in subsection (5).

Condition

Prohibits the intentional interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications without authorisation. Covers wiretapping, eavesdropping, and electronic surveillance. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), 18 U.S.C. §2511.

Condition type

regex, semantic

Status in the file

approved