The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois upon a Rule 12(b)(6) motion dismissed a count for violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. §1030(a)(2)( C), because plaintiff CouponCabin did not allege damages exceeding the $5,000 statutory … [Read more...] about Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act May Be Violated By Scraping Coupon Code Data
Scraping Publicly Available Data Does Not, in a Preliminary Injunction Setting, Violate CFAA
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, granted HiQ’s motion for preliminary injunction, prohibiting LinkedIn from changing its access code to block HiQ’s efforts to scrape data from the LinkedIn website to gather employment data. HIQ Labs, Inc. v. … [Read more...] about Scraping Publicly Available Data Does Not, in a Preliminary Injunction Setting, Violate CFAA
Unauthorized Email Access by High-Level Manager, While Employed, Violates Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a high level manager, with an “honorary” title of president, while employed by a furniture manufacturer, violated the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 18 U.S.C. § 1030, when he accessed, without authorization, other … [Read more...] about Unauthorized Email Access by High-Level Manager, While Employed, Violates Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
Academics Seek to Declare Portions of the CFAA Unconstitutional
A group of professors, academics and a media company, through representation by the ACLU, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Government seeking to declare the “exceeds authorized access” portions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”), 18 U.S.C. §1030(a)(2)(C), … [Read more...] about Academics Seek to Declare Portions of the CFAA Unconstitutional
