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This week the 11th Circuit upheld the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) conviction and one -year prison sentence of a former Social Security Administration (“SSA”) employee who accessed the agency’s computer for non-business reasons. U.S. v. Rodriguez, 2010 WL 5253231 (11th Cir. Dec. 27, 2010). This case is significant for two reasons. First, the court refused to adopt the 9th Circuit’s decision in LVRC Holdings LLC v. Brekka, 581 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir. 2009), the poster child for not applying the CFAA to miscreant employees who steal their employer’s data. A critical element to prove a theft of data … [ Continue reading → ]