Tag Archives: Hacking

Artificial intelligence: ICO considers security risks and the need for a new legal framework

By Cynthia O’Donoghue and Daniel Millard on 23 September 2019 Posted in Privacy & Data Protection

On 12 September 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe announced that an Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI) will be set up to consider the feasibility of a legal framework for the development, design and application of Artificial intelligence (AI). On the same day, the United Kingdom’s data protection supervisory … Continue Reading

Ninth Circuit Rules that CFAA Imposes Criminal Penalties when Terminated Users Try To Access Systems With Borrowed Passwords

By Kimberly Chow and Paul Bond on 12 July 2016 Posted in In the Courts, Intellectual Property

It can be a violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) to “access[] a protected computer without authorization.” The CFAA clearly applies when criminals with no connection to a company try to force their way into information systems. But in a recent decision a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit found the CFAA … Continue Reading