Oklahoma § 21-1742.1 - Definitions

§ 21-1742.1. Definitions

As used in this act:

1. “Telephone record” means information retained by a telephone

company that relates to the telephone number dialed by the customer

or any other person using the telephone of the customer with the

permission of the customer, or the incoming number of a call

directed to a customer or any other person using the telephone of

the customer with the permission of the customer, or other data

related to such calls typically contained on a customer telephone

bill such as the time the call started and ended, the duration of

the call, the time of day the call was made, and any charges

applied. For purposes of this act, any information collected and

retained by or on behalf of a customer utilizing a Caller I.D. or

equivalent service, or other similar technology, does not constitute

a telephone record;

2. “Telephone company” means any person that provides

commercial telephone services to a customer, irrespective of the

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communications technology used to provide such service including,

but not limited to, traditional wireline or cable telephone service;

cellular, broadband PCS, or other wireless telephone service;

microwave, satellite, or other terrestrial telephone service; and

voice over Internet telephone service;

3. “Telephone” means any device used by a person for voice

communications, in connection with the services of a telephone

company, whether such voice communications are transmitted in

analog, data, or any other form;

4. “Customer” means the person who subscribes to telephone

service from a telephone company or in whose name such telephone

service is listed;

5. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation,

limited liability company, trust, estate, cooperative association,

or other entity; and

6. “Procure” in regard to such a telephone record means to

obtain by any means, whether electronically, in writing, or in oral

form, with or without consideration.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.