§ 7006. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC7006]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 96--ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE
SUBCHAPTER I--ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES IN COMMERCE
Sec. 7006. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) Consumer
The term ``consumer'' means an individual who obtains, through a
transaction, products or services which are used primarily for
personal, family, or household purposes, and also means the legal
representative of such an individual.
(2) Electronic
The term ``electronic'' means relating to technology having
electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic,
or similar capabilities.
(3) Electronic agent
The term ``electronic agent'' means a computer program or an
electronic or other automated means used independently to initiate
an action or respond to electronic records or performances in whole
or in part without review or action by an individual at the time of
the action or response.
(4) Electronic record
The term ``electronic record'' means a contract or other record
created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by
electronic means.
(5) Electronic signature
The term ``electronic signature'' means an electronic sound,
symbol, or process, attached to or logically associated with a
contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with
the intent to sign the record.
(6) Federal regulatory agency
The term ``Federal regulatory agency'' means an agency, as that
term is defined in section 552(f) of title 5.
(7) Information
The term ``information'' means data, text, images, sounds,
codes, computer programs, software, databases, or the like.
(8) Person
The term ``person'' means an individual, corporation, business
trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation,
or any other legal or commercial entity.
(9) Record
The term ``record'' means information that is inscribed on a
tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium
and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(10) Requirement
The term ``requirement'' includes a prohibition.
(11) Self-regulatory organization
The term ``self-regulatory organization'' means an organization
or entity that is not a Federal regulatory agency or a State, but
that is under the supervision of a Federal regulatory agency and is
authorized under Federal law to adopt and administer rules
applicable to its members that are enforced by such organization or
entity, by a Federal regulatory agency, or by another self-
regulatory organization.
(12) State
The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia and the
territories and possessions of the United States.
(13) Transaction
The term ``transaction'' means an action or set of actions
relating to the conduct of business, consumer, or commercial affairs
between two or more persons, including any of the following types of
conduct--
(A) the sale, lease, exchange, licensing, or other
disposition of (i) personal property, including goods and
intangibles, (ii) services, and (iii) any combination thereof;
and
(B) the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of any
interest in real property, or any combination thereof.
(Pub. L. 106-229, title I, Sec. 106, June 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 472.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 7021, 7031 of this title;
title 18 section 2725.
