"intercept data" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of collecting data, usually from communications or computers, without the knowledge of the people or devices transmitting the data. For example, "The security team intercepted data from the suspect's computer and discovered vital information about the crime."
"In relation to this third country intercept data even the RIPA limits on interception, inadequate as they are, do not apply.
In addition, a personal firewall will intercept data headed for Web sites of dubious repute.
These popular apps allow an attacker to intercept data exchanged between the Android device and a remote server.
(Don't forget, even Google's "lawful intercept" data was hacked and stolen by China not too long ago).
The story is built around the implied claim that 90% of NSA intercept data is about innocent people.
I then talked about IMSI-catchers or Stingray devices, and how they can be used to intercept data.
During testimony in March that has become infamous, Clapper told Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the intelligence committee, that the NSA was not intercepting data on millions of Americans.
There were signs about "NSA Doublespeak" and demands that the government "stop sniffing my packets," a tech reference to intercepting data as it moves across the Internet.
The Austrian law student began the case before the US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed that the US National Security Agency was routinely intercepting data from emails, social media and telephones.
At a Washington conference on Wednesday as the Post story broke, Alexander issued an immediate denial, but was not specifically asked to address allegations that the NSA intercepted data transiting between the companies' data centers.
Therefore, like listening to the radio or watching television, the company reasoned that intercepting data on unsecured Wi-Fi networks was also exempt from wiretapping laws.
