The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code.
According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the purposes is as follows:
"The Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (Penal Code Section 502) affords protection to individuals, businesses, and governmental agencies from tampering, interference, damage, and unauthorized access to lawfully created computer data and computer systems. It allows for civil action against any person convicted of violating the criminal provisions for compensatory damages."[1]
Notable cases:
- People v. Hawkins (2002)[2][3]
- Hawkins had source code from his previousl employer on his home machine. [2]
- Facebook v. ConnectU, LLC, (2007)[4]
- Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.
- Power Ventures scraped data from Facebook[4]
- Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10 (2007)[6][7]
- Sony v. Hotz et al (2011)
- Jailbreaking of the Playstation 3 by George Hotz & associates of fail0verflow
See Also
External links
- Text of code, at Findlaw [8]
References
- ^ STATUTORY PROVISIONS ca.gov, retrieved from sam.dgs.ca.gov on 2011 03 06
- ^ a b People v. Hawkins (2002) 98 Cal. App. 4th 1428 [-- Cal.Rptr.2d -- :: Justia Law] justia.com, retrieved from law.justia.com on 2011 03 06
- ^ Intellectual property and computer crimes Peter Toren, Law Journal Press, 2003, page 9-20, via books.google.com on 2011 03 06
- ^ a b When Is Data Scraping Breaking and Entering?, Baer Crossey, baercrossey.com, retrieved 2011 03 06. Crossey gives the case identifying info as follows: 489 F.Supp.2d 1087 (N.D.Cal. 2007)
- ^ Technology amp; Marketing Law Blog: Facebook v. ConnectU Update, Eric Goldman, (Law school professor), 2007 Dec, retrieved from blog.ericgoldman.org on 2011 03 06
- ^ Porn spammers' lust for Facebook data lands them in court By Jacqui Cheng , Ars Technica, December 17, 2007 , retrieved from arstechnica.com on 2011 03 06
- ^ Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10 :: Justia Dockets, filings, justia.com, retrieved from dockets.justia.com on 2011 03 06
- ^ California Code - Chapter 5: Larceny [484. - 502.9.] findlaw.com, retrieved from codes.lp.findlaw.com on 2011 03 06
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