Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities
Chapter 63 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE
Subchapter J - CONFIDENTIALITY OF CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
Section 63.132 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Agent-An individual or entity that performs work on behalf of a telecommunications public utility who is the principal in the contractual relationship with the agent.
Customer communications-A customer voice or data communication made in whole or in part by wire, cable, microwave or other means for the transmission by a telecommunications company of communications between the point of origin and the point of reception by a telecommunications company.
Customer information-Information regarding a customer of a telecommunications company or information regarding the services or equipment ordered and used by that customer. The term includes a customer's name, address and telephone number, occupation, information concerning toll calls, collect calls and third-party billed calls, local message detail information and information concerning services ordered or subscribed to by a customer. The term also includes bills, statements, credit history, toll records whether on paper, microfiche or electromagnetic media; computer records; interexchange carrier selection, service problems and annoyance call records.
Destruction-The mutilation of documents in a manner which insures that their content is obliterated by sufficiently tearing or shredding prior to collection by public waste or trash collectors or by appropriately erasing information stored electromagnetically.
Employee-An individual who works directly for and is paid a salary by a telecommunications company subject to this subchapter.
Independent contractor-An individual or entity that is not an employee or agent of the telecommunications company but performs work on behalf of a telecommunications company pursuant to a contractual relationship.
Security department-The department or individuals with responsibility for the prevention and investigation of the loss, destruction or theft of telecommunications company property, the unauthorized or unlawful use of telecommunications company equipment or services and the unlawful conduct of telecommunications company employees, agents or independent contractors which occurs during the course of employment.
Service evaluation and monitoring-Evaluation and monitoring of telecommunications company operations, including communications, to maintain or improve the quality of service to the customer. The term includes review of employee, agent or independent contractor relationships with customers, system checks and facility maintenance.
Telecommunications company-A public utility which provides telecommunication services subject to Commission jurisdiction.
Telecommunications services-The offering of the transmission of messages or communications for a fee to the public.
Wiretap Act- Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes §§ 5701-5781 (relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act).
The provisions of this § 63.132 amended under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3019(b)(2) and (3).
