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Wiretapping & Taping Conversations

• Reporter's Recording Guide (Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press)
  State-by-state guide to wiretapping & eavesdropping laws.
• Wiretapping/Eavesdropping on Telephone Conversations: Is There Cause for Concern? (Privacy Rights Clearinghouse)

The Law (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

• WI Statutes: s. 885.365 "Recorded Telephone Conversation"
• WI Statutes: s. 968.27-968.37
  Includes authorization for disclosure, procedures for interception, and penalties for interception of wire, electronic or oral communication
• U.S. Code: 18 USC 2510-2522 "Wire and Electronic Communications Interception and Interception of Oral Communications"

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Last Updated: October 17, 2012 | Up to Top