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Made 18th September 2003 - Laid before Parliament 18th September 2003 - Coming into force 11th December 2003.
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in respect of matters relating to electronic communications, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 11th December 2003. Interpretation 2. - (1) In these Regulations - "bill" includes an invoice, account, statement or other document of similar character and "billing" shall be construed accordingly; "call" means a connection established by means of a telephone service available to the public allowing two-way communication in real time; "communication" means any information exchanged or conveyed between a finite number of parties by means of a public electronic communications service, but does not include information conveyed as part of a programme service, except to the extent that such information can be related to the identifiable subscriber or user receiving the information; "communications provider" has the meaning given by section 405 of the Communications Act 2003[3]; "corporate subscriber" means a subscriber who is - (a) a company within the meaning of section 735(1) of the Companies Act 1985[4]; (b) a company incorporated in pursuance of a royal charter or letters patent; (c) a partnership in Scotland; (d) a corporation sole; or (e) any other body corporate or entity which is a legal person distinct from its members; "the Directive" means Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)[5]; "electronic communications network" has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003[6]; "electronic communications service" has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003; "electronic mail" means any text, voice, sound or image message sent over a public electronic communications network which can be stored in the network or in the recipient's terminal equipment until it is collected by the recipient and includes messages sent using a short message service; "enactment" includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament; "individual" means a living individual and includes an unincorporated body of such individuals; "the Information Commissioner" and "the Commissioner" both mean the Commissioner appointed under section 6 of the Data Protection Act 1998[7]; "information society service" has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002[8]; "location data" means any data processed in an electronic communications network indicating the geographical position of the terminal equipment of a user of a public electronic communications service, including data relating to - (f) the latitude, longitude or altitude of the terminal equipment; (g) the direction of travel of the user; or (h) the time the location information was recorded; "OFCOM" means the Office of Communications as established by section 1 of the Office of Communications Act 2002[9]; "programme s