Defined in the law · ePrivacy Directive Art. 2(h)
Electronic mail
In plain English
Any text, voice, sound or image message sent over a public communications network that can be stored in the network or on the recipient's device until the recipient collects it.
The definition in the law
‘electronic mail’ means any text, voice, sound or image message sent over a public communications network which can be stored in the network or in the recipient's terminal equipment until it is collected by the recipient
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