Which term describes the electronic surveillance arrangement in which one party to a conversation consents to the recording?

• A. Participant Monitoring
• B. One Party Consent Surveillance
• C. Private Conversation Intercept
• D. Covert Listening

Answer: (A)

One-party consent surveillance describes a recording arrangement where permission to record comes from at least one participant in the conversation. This means the person doing the recording can legally capture what’s said as long as one side agrees, a concept embedded in many privacy and wiretap laws. The term directly reflects the consent dynamic: only one participant’s agreement is required for the recording to be lawful in jurisdictions that follow one-party consent rules. Other terms don’t capture this legal standard—they’re not standard phrases for how consent is obtained, and some imply no consent at all.