### Question
What is the definition of personal accounts?


### Answer
The definition of **personal accounts** is as follows in *50 U.S.C. § 3334d*:

> accounts for online and telecommunications services, including telephone, residential internet access, email, text and multimedia messaging, cloud computing, social media, health care, and financial services, used by personnel of the intelligence community outside of the scope of their employment with elements of the intelligence community

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3334d*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 45-MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES > SUBCHAPTER II-PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES**

