Regulation 2 Interpretation

“cell ID” means the identity or location label of the cell from which a mobile telephony call was made or received;

“data” means traffic data and location data, as defined in paragraph (g), and the related data necessary to identify the subscriber and the registered user;

“personal data” has the meaning given in section 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998^f1;

“public communications provider” means:

‘public electronic communications network’ and ‘public electronic communications service’ have the meaning given in section 151 of the Communications Act 2003^f2;

“telephone service” means calls (including voice, voicemail and conference and data calls), supplementary services (including call forwarding and call transfer) and messaging and multi-media services (including short message services, enhanced media services and multi-media services);

‘traffic data’ and ‘location data’ have the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003^f3;

“unsuccessful call attempt” means a communication where a telephone call has been successfully connected but not answered or there has been a network management intervention.