2. In these Regulations—
(a)‘cell ID’ means the identity or location label of the cell from which a mobile telephony call was made or received;
(b)‘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;
(c)‘personal data’ has the meaning given in section 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998(1);
(d)‘public communications provider’ means:
(i)a provider of a public electronic communications network; or
(ii)a provider of a public electronic communications service;
(e)‘public electronic communications network’ and ‘public electronic communications service’ have the meaning given in section 151 of the Communications Act 2003(2);
(f)‘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);
(g)‘traffic data’ and ‘location data’ have the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003(3);
(h)‘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.
1998 c.29; section 1 was amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36), section 68(1), (2) and (3) and Schedule 8, Part III and by S.I. 2004/3089.