Posts Tagged ‘CFAA’
Supreme Court Ponders Proper Application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
This article was first published in IPWatchdog.com on December 1, 2020. “On balance, and while it is sometimes difficult to forecast a Supreme Court outcome, the Court seemed extremely troubled by the government’s position.” In Van Buren v. United States, argued yesterday, the Supreme Court has a chance to address how the Computer Fraud and…
Read MoreD.C. Court Rules that a Violation of a Website’s Terms of Service Does Not Violate the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Federal courts on a variety of levels and in a variety of jurisdictions have grappled with the question of what it means to “access a computer without authorization” and to exceed which is an essential requirement under many of the subsections of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Now in Christian W. Sandvig v. Barr,…
Read MoreDoes “Scraping” Data Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act?
We live in a world where data has become an increasingly valuable asset and huge companies are built on the collection and analysis of publicly available data. Yet, there is no federal statute that directly protects this type of information or even directly addresses how this information should be treated. Instead, businesses are often forced…
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