A recent federal court opinion raises concerns that privacy cases alleging violations of a standard user license agreement may be susceptible to class certification. Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois certified a class in a consumer privacy lawsuit against comScore, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that comScore exceeded the scope of the […]
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Lessons from the Power Ventures Case Include “Terms of Use Can Create Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Liability”
This blog entry describes how Facebook’s Terms of Use became a potent legal tool in the company’s dispute with a data aggregation service.
Employee Liability Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The court came down on the side of the employee, ruling that because the employee had been given access to the information on the computer, he did not violate when he allegedly misused it.