Checking Facebook at Work Could Be Illegal

Logging into Facebook, perusing eBay and surfing to other decidedly non-work related sites may not just upset your boss, but it could also be a federal offense.

That's according to two Boston College professors who recently authored a paper on how a broad interpretation of the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) could criminalize the routine behavior of every employee who uses a workplace computer in their job.

As the First, Fifth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal interpret it, a breach of a company's computer policy for example a ban on accessing dating sites and social media for example, also constitutes a violation of the CFAA.

The law was originally written to…
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