Statute
Computer Misuse Act
4 published works
Technology's Legal Edge
A Blunted Sword and a Chipped Shield: A call for development to the Computer Misuse Act 1990
Since its inception 30 years ago, the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA) has acted as the primary legislative sword and shield of the UK against a threatening, and ever-growing, cloud…
Privacy World
ICO Utilises the Computer Misuse Act to Impose Tougher Penalties for Unauthorised Access to Data
In this case, on the 8th January 2021, a former employee (“D”) of the RAC, (a well-known breakdown and recovery service in the UK and Europe) pleaded guilty to charges…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
What is data misuse?
Data misuse is often discussed alongside cybersecurity, within the overall context of data protection; but it is important to make the distinction between data which has been obtained legitimately but…
Ride the Lightning
Fired IT Employee Destroys 23 of His Former Employer’s AWS Servers
Naked Security reported on March 22 that a fired UK employee, terminated after only four weeks of poor performance, ripped off a former colleague’s login, steamrolled through his former employer’s…