The Supreme Court significantly narrowed the reach of the CFAA in Van Buren v. United States. The CFAA’s narrow reading means:

• that the CFAA no longer applies to a person who had authorized access but was using it for an unauthorized purpose;

• that data-scraping bots may be immune to the CFAA now; and

• companies and organizations may have to rely on other means like terms of use/terms of service to protect their systems.

Read about the Supreme Court’s decision finding “authorized access” to have a narrower scope.