Section 638.50 Of Chapter 1.5. Invasion Of Privacy From California Penal Code >> Title 15. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.5.
638.50
. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Wire communication" and "electronic communication" have the
meanings set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 629.51.
(b) "Pen register" means a device or process that records or
decodes dialing, routing, addressing, or signaling information
transmitted by an instrument or facility from which a wire or
electronic communication is transmitted, but not the contents of a
communication. "Pen register" does not include a device or process
used by a provider or customer of a wire or electronic communication
service for billing, or recording as an incident to billing, for
communications services provided by such provider, or a device or
process used by a provider or customer of a wire communication
service for cost accounting or other similar purposes in the ordinary
course of its business.
(c) "Trap and trace device" means a device or process that
captures the incoming electronic or other impulses that identify the
originating number or other dialing, routing, addressing, or
signaling information reasonably likely to identify the source of a
wire or electronic communication, but not the contents of a
communication.