Utah Code 77-23c-101.2. Definitions
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As used in this chapter:
(1) “Electronic communication service” means a service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications.
Terms Used In Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Electronic communication service: means a service that provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Electronic device: means a device that enables access to or use of an electronic communication service, remote computing service, or location information service. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
- Electronic information: includes the location information, stored data, or transmitted data of an electronic device. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Location information: includes past, current, and future location information. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Oral communication: means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23a-3. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Remote computing service: means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communications system. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Transmitted data: means electronic information that is transmitted wirelessly:(9)(a) from an electronic device to another electronic device without the use of an intermediate connection or relay; or(9)(b) from an electronic device to a nearby antenna or from a nearby antenna to an electronic device. See Utah Code 77-23c-101.2
- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2) “Electronic device” means a device that enables access to or use of an electronic communication service, remote computing service, or location information service.(3)(3)(a) “Electronic information” means information or data including a sign, signal, writing, image, sound, or intelligence of any nature transmitted or stored in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system.(3)(b) “Electronic information” includes the location information, stored data, or transmitted data of an electronic device.(3)(c) “Electronic information” does not include:(3)(c)(i) a wire or oral communication;(3)(c)(ii) a communication made through a tone-only paging device; or(3)(c)(iii) electronic funds transfer information stored by a financial institution in a communications system used for the electronic storage and transfer of money.(4) “Law enforcement agency” means:(4)(a) an entity of the state or a political subdivision of the state that exists to primarily prevent, detect, or prosecute crime and enforce criminal statutes or ordinances; or(4)(b) an individual or entity acting for or on behalf of an entity described in Subsection (4)(a).(5)(5)(a) “Location information” means information concerning the geographical location of an electronic device that, in whole or in part, is generated or derived from or obtained by the operation of an electronic device or the operation of a software application on an electronic device.(5)(b) “Location information” includes past, current, and future location information.(6) “Location information service” means the provision of a global positioning service or other mapping, location, or directional information service.(7) “Oral communication” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23a-3.(8) “Remote computing service” means the provision to the public of computer storage or processing services by means of an electronic communications system.(9) “Transmitted data” means electronic information that is transmitted wirelessly:(9)(a) from an electronic device to another electronic device without the use of an intermediate connection or relay; or(9)(b) from an electronic device to a nearby antenna or from a nearby antenna to an electronic device.(10) “Wire communication” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-23a-3. - Writing: includes :