Communications data
Communications data (sometimes referred to as traffic data or metadata) concerns information about communication.[1]
Communications data is a part of a message that should be distinguished from the content of the message. It contains data on the communication's origin, destination, route, time, date, size, duration, or type of underlying service.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Briefing Note: Why Communications Data (Metadata) Matter" (PDF). Big Brother Watch.
- ^ Convention on Cybercrime. Artikel 1(d): "traffic data" means any computer data relating to a communication by means of a computer system, generated by a computer system that formed a part in the chain of communication, indicating the communication’s origin, destination, route, time, date, size, duration, or type of underlying service.