What is Electronic Communication?
The definition of an "electronic communication" appears in 18 U.S.C. § 2510(12). This form of communication was added to Title III by the 1986 Act to cover most forms of electronic communications existing today. It includes any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photooptical system. (U.S. Attorneys, 1994)
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