Fact · Voice privacy and security
Under the UK Investigatory Powers Act 2016, it is an offence to intentionally intercept a communication in the course of its transmission without lawful authority.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“intentionally intercepts a communication in the course of its transmission”
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, section 3: Offence of unlawful interception, UK Parliament, legislation.gov.uk, 2016, s.3(1)(a).
Open the original- What it measures
- The offence is written around interception while a communication is being transmitted over a telecommunication or postal system.
- What it does not show
- The statute does not address recording by a participant directly. Get UK legal advice on a specific recording.