Electronic Surveillance Law and Legal Definition
According to 50 USCS § 1801 [Title 50. War and National Defense; Chapter 36. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Electronic Surveillance], electronic surveillance means
(1) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device of the contents of any wire or radio communication sent by or intended to be received by a particular, known United States person who is in the United States, if the contents are acquired by intentionally targeting that United States person, under circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes;
(2) the acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device of the contents of any wire communication to or from a person in the United States, without the consent of any party thereto, if such acquisition occurs in the United States, but does not include the acquisition of those communications of computer trespassers that would be permissible under section 2511(2)(i) of title 18, United States Code;
(3) the intentional acquisition by an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device of the contents of any radio communication, under circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes, and if both the sender and all intended recipients are located within the United States; or
(4) the installation or use of an electronic, mechanical, or other surveillance device in the United States for monitoring to acquire information, other than from a wire or radio communication, under circumstances in which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and a warrant would be required for law enforcement purposes.
Legal Definition list
- Electronic Storage
- Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act of 2000
- Electronic Signature Device
- Electronic Signature Agreement
- Electronic Signature
- Electronic Surveillance
- Electronic Surveillance Minimization Procedures
- Electronic System for Travel Authorization
- Electronic Tax Filing
- Electronic Terminal
- Electronic Trademark Assignment System (eTAS)
Related Legal Terms
- 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- Acoustical Surveillance
- Admissibility of Confessions Recorded by Electronic Means
- Agreement for Electronic Presentment
- Case Management/Electronic Case Filing system [CM/ECF]
- Certified Electronic Product
- Commercial Electronic Mail Message
- Continuous Visual Surveillance [Energy]
- Electronic
