In a second round with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act ("CFAA"), 18 U.S.C. § 1030, Defendant David Nosal’s conviction was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals because he obtained access credentials (passwords) for his former employer, Korn/Ferry’s, database from his … [Read more...] about Ex-Employee Access to Password Protected Computer Violates CFAA
Tracking Internet User History Does Not Violate Federal Law – Google’s Disregard Of Its Own Cookie Blocker Policy
A class action suit against Google Inc. asserted that Google’s Internet tracking, when Google tells its users that ad network tracking cookies are blocked, violated the federal Wiretap Act 18 USC Section 2510, the Stored Communications Act 18 USC Section 2710 and the Computer … [Read more...] about Tracking Internet User History Does Not Violate Federal Law – Google’s Disregard Of Its Own Cookie Blocker Policy
Software Source Code Access Not Enough For CFAA And Copyright Act Preempts Common Law Unfair Competition
The Northern District of California dismissed two claims stemming from alleged unauthorized use and reproduction of a copyrighted computer software. Metabyte, Inc. v. NVIDIA Corp., et al., Case No. 12-0044 (N.D. Cal. April 22, 2013) (available here). Metabyte sued NVIDIA and … [Read more...] about Software Source Code Access Not Enough For CFAA And Copyright Act Preempts Common Law Unfair Competition
Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Does Not Apply To Employee Who Took Data, Resigned and Then Later Used Data
The Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. §1030, was narrowly construed by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals such that the Act was not violated by an employee, who took computer data while employed by WEC, resigned from the company, went to work for WEC’s … [Read more...] about Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) Does Not Apply To Employee Who Took Data, Resigned and Then Later Used Data
Appeals Court Narrows Computer Fraud Abuse Act (CFAA)
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has again narrowly construed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. § 1030, finding that the criminal prosecution of an ex-employee who convinced current employees to access and transfer employer’s customer data to the ex-employee, … [Read more...] about Appeals Court Narrows Computer Fraud Abuse Act (CFAA)
