- aggrieved person
means a person who was a party to any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or a person against whom the interception was directed;
- aural transfer
means a transfer containing the human voice at any point between and including the point of origin and the point of reception;
- communication common carrier
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934;
- electronic communication
means any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photooptical system that affects interstate or foreign commerce, but does not include—
- electronic communication service
means any service which provides to users thereof the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications;
- electronic communications system
means any wire, radio, electromagnetic, photooptical or photoelectronic facilities for the transmission of wire or electronic communications, and any computer facilities or related electronic equipment for the electronic storage of such communications;
- electronic storage
means—
- electronic, mechanical, or other device
means any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication other than—
- intercept
means the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device.1
- Investigative or law enforcement officer
means any officer of the United States or of a State or political subdivision thereof, who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for offenses enumerated in this chapter, and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses;
- joint resolution
means only a joint resolution—
- Judge of competent jurisdiction
means—
- lawfully admitted for permanent residence
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a));
- oral communication
means any oral communication uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception under circumstances justifying such expectation, but such term does not include any electronic communication;
- person
means any employee, or agent of the United States or any State or political subdivision thereof, and any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, or corporation;
- protected computer
has the meaning set forth in section 1030;
- readily accessible to the general public
means, with respect to a radio communication, that such communication is not—
- State
means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States;
- United States person
means a citizen or national of the United States, an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, an unincorporated association a substantial number of members of which are citizens of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or a corporation that is incorporated in the United States.
- user
means any person or entity who—
- 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 such connection in a switching station) furnished or operated by any person engaged in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of interstate or foreign communications or communications affecting interstate or foreign commerce;