PART 7

Communications Data

Interpretation of this Part.

61.—(1) In this Part—

“Act of 1993” means the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 ;

“aggregated data” means data that cannot be related to individual subscribers or users;

“data” means communications data;

“data retention request” means a request made under section 63 for the retention of traffic data or location data or both;

“designated judge” means the person designated under section 8 of the Act of 1993;

“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 protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector;

“disclosure request” means a request under section 64 for the disclosure of traffic data or location data retained in accordance with section 63 (5);

“Garda Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána;

“processing” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003;

“Referee” means the holder of the office of Complaints Referee under the Act of 1993;

“service provider” means a person who is engaged in the provision of a publicly available electronic communications service by means of fixed line or mobile telephones.

(2) A word or expression that is used but not defined in this Part and is defined in the Directive has the same meaning in this Part as in the Directive.