Massachusetts wiretap statute, interception means secret recording without all parties' prior authority (Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, 99(B)(4))
Massachusetts forbids secret recording of a call or conversation without prior authority from all parties. A recording the parties know about is not secret, so it is not an interception under this definition.
Dated 19 Oct 2026Source checked 19 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“4. The term ''interception'' means to secretly hear, secretly record, or aid another to secretly hear or secretly record the contents of any wire or oral communication through the use of any intercepting device by any person other than a person given prior authority by all parties to such communication;”
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