Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Van Buren v. United States. At issue in the case is whether the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act makes it is a federal crime for someone with permission to access a website for certain purposes to access that information for an improper purpose. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) makes it a federal crime to “access[] a computer without authorization or exceed authorized access, and thereby obtain[] information from any protected comput