...Privacy Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-508, 100 Stat. 1872 (1986). "Electronic communication" is defined as: any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images,...whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photooptical Federal Communications Commission FCC 97 - 356 4. Section 705 of the...

...matter , radar itself does not appear to be an "electronic communication" as that term is defined (ie , "any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images , sounds , data , or intelligence of any nature. ..."). A radar device employs ultrahigh frequency radio waves which are reflected from an object and...

...means any communication made in whole or in part through the use of faciliTies for the transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature 4» whole or In part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, or [photoelectric] [photoelectronic] system...

...telephone call accounting and other forms of visual, auditory or computer-based surveillance conducted by any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds,...transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagentic, photoelectronic or photo-optical scheme. If Section 3 simply required a reasonable...

...the interception was directed; (12) "electronic communication" maini any transfer of signa, signala, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of...nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radia, electromagnetic, pootoeleetronk or pbotoopttnl system that affecta intentate or foreign commerce,...

...United States Code. This particular issue is clarified in Section 2510 of that Chapter, which defines an electronic communication as "any transfer of signs,...whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric, or photo-optical system that affects interstate commerce . . .," and, using this definition,...

...unauthorized interception of video and data communications. It defines "electronic communication" to include "any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature." Exceptions to this include the radio portion of a cordless telephone communication, any communication...

...interception under circumstances justifying such expectation. It defined electronic communications to include "any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature that is transmitted in whole or in part by wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo optical...

...computer-based technology other than direct observation by another person, including the following methods: Transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature which are transmitted in whole or in pan by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical...

...frame or packet. 290 Electronic Communications. The same as defined in Section 2510(12) of 18, USC, any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds,...whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic photo-electric, or photo-optical system, etc. As used herein, the term includes "wire communications,"...