In article <008101c087e5$88f63030$032138d4@theweltons>, Ian Welton
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>e-mail messages being the data, including plain language address data input
>by the originator.
>telecommunications data being the technical information on despatching,
>routing and receipting, created by the telecommunications network.
Remember that the originating (and destination) PCs are part of the
network. So it will probably be accepted that the destination email
address is "traffic data" [1] rather than content. And as the network
requires the destination email address to be able to deliver the email,
it is probably safe to say that it's also Communications Data, as
defined by RIPA [2].
Now, if you really want something confusing, the TDPD says you must
delete traffic data on completion of the communication, but I bet almost
everyone keeps a log of who they've sent email to, called an out-box.
There's obviously a great deal more to this than meets the eye!
[1] There's no such thing as "telecommunications data" in the world of
RIPA, terms in use include Communications Data and Traffic Data.
[2] Roughly speaking, the first class of comms data is "traffic data
required to deliver the communication".
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Roland Perry
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