Glossary of terms
Throughout this report a number of technical terms are used.
To help the reader, this glossary includes a simple definition of a selection
of common terms.
Stored communication
is defined in subsection 5(1) of the TIA Act. It means a communication that is
held on equipment that is operated by a telecommunications carrier/network. For
a communication to be a stored communication, it cannot be accessed by a person
who is not a party to the communication without the assistance of an employee
of the operator and must not be passing over a telecommunications system.
A communication is taken to be passing
over a telecommunications system from when it is sent or transmitted by
the person sending the communication until when it becomes accessible to the
intended recipient of that communication.
Generally, the term communication
is used generically and includes a message or conversation in the form
of speech, music or other sounds, data, text, visual images (animated or
otherwise) or any combination of the above.
A restricted record is
defined in subsection 5(1) of the TIA Act. It means a record (other than a copy)
that was obtained by means of an interception, whether lawful or not, of a communication
passing over a telecommunications system.
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