Van Buren v. United States
A 2021 United States Supreme Court case that narrowly construed the "exceeds authorized access" provision of the CFAA, holding that merely violating terms of service does not constitute a crime under the CFAA, significantly raising the threshold for prosecuting AI companies over data scraping.
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In 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Van Buren v. United States that merely accessing information one is authorized to access but for an improper purpose does not constitute a violation of the CFAA.
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The 2022 Supreme Court ruling in Van Buren v. United States narrowed the scope of applicability of the CFAA.
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