Production order
Definition
A court order compelling a person or service provider to produce specific documents or data that already exist. Covers subscriber records, account content, server logs, and similar stored material. Less intrusive than a wiretap order because it does not involve ongoing surveillance.
Related terms
- CLOUD Act
- The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (US, 2018). Clarifies that US service providers must comply with valid US legal process...
- Lawful interception
- Court-authorised real-time capture of the content of communications in transit, such as telephone calls, emails, or instant messages. Requires a higher legal...
- Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT)
- A bilateral or multilateral treaty under which signatory states agree to assist each other in gathering evidence for criminal investigations. MLATs define...
- Subscriber data
- The registration information a service provider holds about an account holder: name, address, email address, phone number, payment details, and account creation...
- Traffic data (metadata)
- Data about a communication rather than its content: who communicated with whom, when, for how long, and from what IP address or...
Explained in
- Lawful Access, Interception Law and Privacy ProtectionsA court order compelling a person or service provider to produce specific documents or data that already exist. Covers subscriber records, account content, ser...