Supreme Court Rules CFAA Does Not Criminalize Every Violation of a Computer-Use Policy
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/06/21
In Van Buren v. United States, the Supreme Court resolved a circuit split as to whether a provision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) applies only to those who obtain information to which their computer access does not extend, or more broadly to also encompass those who misuse access that they otherwise have. By way of background, the CFAA subjects to criminal liability anyone who “intentionally accesses a computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access,” and thereby obtains...
By: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.