Aftenoon all, Section 1 (2) makes it an offence for any person [without lawful excuse or other lawful grounds] to intercept, at any place in the United Kingdom, any communication in the course of its transmission by means of a private telecommunication system. It applies to any person. Section 1 covers public systems and also apples to any person. Regards Michael Doherty 01622 652066 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^