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WIRE TAPPING [2 records]

Record 1 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Audio Technology
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The connection of a concealed listening or recording device to a communication circuit.

CONT

Wiretapping is the preferred method of obtaining intelligence ... it involves tying in to a wire or other conductor that is used for communications. This wire can be a telephone line, a PBX [private branch exchange] cable, a local area network, a CCTV [closed circuit television] video system, an alarm system, or any other communications medium.

OBS

telephone tapping: This practice is no longer limited to the use of telephone lines, but the term "telephone tapping" continues to be used to denote this concept.

Key term(s)
  • wire-tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Installation discrète d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Electroacústica
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

Instalación de un dispositivo en las líneas telefónicas o telemáticas para captar los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

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Record 2 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The practice of monitoring conversations using a concealed listening or recording device connected to a communication circuit.

OBS

telephone tapping: This practice is no longer limited to the use of telephone lines, but the term "telephone tapping" continues to be used to denote this concept.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Fait de surveiller des conversations à l'aide d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement installé discrètement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

Modalidad de intervenir las líneas telefónicas para acceder a los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

CONT

En cuanto a la intervención de líneas telefónicas, en determinados casos puede acarrear una modalidad del allanamiento con perturbación sobre el secreto profesional, que es esencial para el ejercicio de la abogacía. Debido al tipo de personal que suele realizar las desgrabaciones y al volumen de éstas, con frecuencia van a parar dentro de un expediente conversaciones privadas cuya divulgación transgrede el derecho a la intimidad.

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