Article 2

For the purpose of this Directive, the definitions in Directive 95/46/EC, in Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive) OJ L 108, 24.4.2002, p. 33. , and in Directive 2002/58/EC shall apply. For the purpose of this Directive: ‘data’ means traffic data and location data and the related data necessary to identify the subscriber or user; ‘user’ means any legal entity or natural person using a publicly available electronic communications service, for private or business purposes, without necessarily having subscribed to that service; ‘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); ‘user ID’ means a unique identifier allocated to persons when they subscribe to or register with an Internet access service or Internet communications service; ‘cell ID’ means the identity of the cell from which a mobile telephony call originated or in which it terminated; ‘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.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.