California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act
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The California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act is in §502 of the California Penal Code
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According to the State Administrative Manual of California, the purposes is as follows:
Notable cases:
California Penal Code
The Penal Code of California forms the basis for the application of criminal law in the American state of California. It was originally enacted in 1872 as one of the original four California Codes, and has been substantially amended and revised since then....
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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."
Notable cases:
- 'People v. Hawkins' (2002)
- Hawkins had source code from his previous employer on his home machine.
- 'Facebook v. ConnectU', LLC, (2007)
- ConnectUConnectUConnectU was a social networking website launched on May 21, 2004 that was founded by Harvard students Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra in December 2002. Users could add people as friends, send them messages, and update their personal profiles to notify friends about...
gathered Facebook data using bots
- ConnectU
- Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc.Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc. is a lawsuit brought by Facebook in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California alleging that , a third-party platform, collected user information from Facebook and displayed it on their own website...
- Power Ventures scraped data from Facebook
- Facebook, Inc. v. John Does 1-10 (2007)
- Various people, including some associated with Istra Holdings, scraped Facebook for data.
- SCEA v. George HotzSony Computer Entertainment America v. George HotzSCEA v. Hotz is a lawsuit in the United States by Sony Computer Entertainment of America against George Hotz and associates of the group fail0verflow for jailbreaking and reverse engineering the Playstation 3.-Timeline:...
et al (2011)- Jailbreaking of the Playstation 3PlayStation 3The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
by George HotzGeorge HotzGeorge Francis Hotz , alias geohot, million75 or simply mil, is an American hacker known for unlocking the iPhone, allowing the phone to be used with other wireless carriers, contrary to AT&T and Apple's intent...
& associates of fail0verflow
- Jailbreaking of the Playstation 3