Wiretap Act Law and Legal Definition
The Wiretap Act refers to Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
The act has dual purposes:
a. protecting the privacy of wire and oral communications; and
b. delineating on a uniform basis the circumstances and conditions under which the interception of wire and oral communications may be authorized.
The act:
a. prohibits the unauthorized, non consensual interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications by government agencies as well as private parties;
b. establishes procedures for obtaining warrants to authorize wiretapping by government officials; and
c. regulates the disclosure and use of authorized intercepted communications by investigative and law enforcement officers.
Legal Definition list
- Wireline Competition Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wireless Telecommunications Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wireless Ship Act
- Wireless Hybrid Service
- Wireless Communications [Railroad Communications]
- Wiretap Act
- Wiretapping
- Witenagemote
- With Recall (Securities)
- With The Principal Objective Of Livelihood And Profit
- Withdrawal
