Fearnow v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.

KARWACKI, Judge.

The Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (hereinafter “the Wiretap Act”), Maryland Code (1974, 1995 Repl.Vol., 1995 Cum.Supp.), § 10-401 et seq. of the Courts & Judicial Proceedings Article, protects persons in Maryland from surreptitious eavesdropping, wiretapping, and electronic surveillance by outlawing unauthorized non-consensual interception of wire, private oral, and electronic communications. The Wiretap Act also directs when and by whom such non-consensual interceptions may be authorized and the exact manner in which authorization may be given; it…