Act No. 17090, Mar. 24, 2020 Act No. 17347, jun. 9, 2020 Act No. 17831, Jan. 5, 2021 Act No. 17935, Mar. 16, 2021 Act No. 18465, Sep. 24, 2021 Act No. 18483, Oct. 19, 2021 Act No. 19103, Dec. 27, 2022 Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to protect communications secrets and further enhance the freedom of communications by limiting the scope of restrictions with respect to the secrecy and freedom of communications and conversations and making due process of law mandatory. Article 2 (Definitions) The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Dec. 29, 2001; Jan. 29, 2004; Jan. 27, 2005> 1. The term "communication" means mail and electronic telecommunications; 2. The term "mail" means ordinary mail and parcel post under the Postal Service Act; 3. The term "telecommunications" means transmission or reception of all kinds of sounds, words, symbols or images by wire, wireless, fiber cable or other electromagnetic system, including telephone, e-mail, membership information service, facsimile and radio paging; 4. The term "party concerned" means any sender and addressee of mail, or any transmitter and receiver of telecommunications; 5. The term "nationals" means the people of the Republic of Korea who have their addressees or residences in areas where the sovereignty of the Republic of Korea is exercised; 6. The term "censorship" means opening mail without the consent of the party concerned or acquiring knowledge of, recording or withholding its contents through other means; 7. The term "wiretapping" means acquiring or recording the contents of telecommunications by listening to or communally reading the sounds, words, symbols or images of the communications through electronic and mechanical devices without the consent of the party concerned or interfering with their transmission and reception; 8. The term "wiretapping equipment" means electronic, mechanical or other devices that can be used in wiretapping conversations or telecommunications: Provided, That those prescribed by Presidential Decree, among telecommunications apparatuses and instruments or their parts that are generally used and hearing aids designed to correct auditory sense or others used for similar purposes shall be excluded;