Chrisman v. City of Los Angeles

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  1. The Ninth Circuit Holds that California’s Anti-Hacking Law, Penal Code Section 502, does not Proscribe Unauthorized “Access” to a Database; Rather, the Section Prohibits Unauthorized Use, Copying, or Manipulation of Information in the Database

    Nossaman LLPStephen WimanJune 6, 2017

    (Ibid.) On the one hand, there is Chrisman v. City of Los Angeles (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 29, 34-35, in which the Court of Appeal held that unauthorized “access” meant “breaking into a computer.” On the other hand, there is Gilbert v. City of Sunnyvale (2005) 130 Cal.App.4th 1264, 1281, in which the Court of Appeal emphasized that “[k]nowingly accessing and without permission making use of any data from a computer system” is a crime under section 502.