Category Archives: computer trespass

No Trespassing: Facebook Sues for Data Scraping

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On June 18, Facebook filed a civil lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against online mobile platform Massroot8 for “scraping” data about Facebook users in violation of both Facebook’s Terms of Service (ToS) and therefore as criminal trespass … Continue reading No Trespassing: Facebook Sues for Data Scraping→

Supreme Court Looks at Computer Trespass Meaning

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Federal statutes have muddied the waters on the meaning of computer trespass, but a Supreme Court case may clear the air When Congress passed a federal statute on computer fraud in 1984, it was concerned with the problem of people “breaking in” to comp… Continue reading Supreme Court Looks at Computer Trespass Meaning→