Section 629.51 Of Chapter 1.4. Interception Of Wire, Electronic Digital Pager, Or Electronic Cellular Telephone Communications From California Penal Code >> Title 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.4.
629.51
. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms
have the following meanings:
(1) "Wire communication" means any aural transfer made in whole or
in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of
communications by the aid of wire, cable, or other like connection
between the point of origin and the point of reception (including the
use of a like connection in a switching station), furnished or
operated by any person engaged in providing or operating these
facilities for the transmission of communications.
(2) "Electronic communication" means any transfer of signs,
signals, writings, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any
nature in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic,
photoelectric, or photo-optical system, but does not include any of
the following:
(A) Any wire communication defined in paragraph (1).
(B) Any communication made through a tone-only paging device.
(C) Any communication from a tracking device.
(D) Electronic funds transfer information stored by a financial
institution in a communications system used for the electronic
storage and transfer of funds.
(3) "Tracking device" means an electronic or mechanical device
that permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object.
(4) "Aural transfer" means a transfer containing the human voice
at any point between and including the point of origin and the point
of reception.
(b) This chapter applies to the interceptions of wire and
electronic communications. It does not apply to stored communications
or stored content.
(c) The act that added this subdivision is not intended to change
the law as to stored communications or stored content.