‘Unauthorised Use’ and Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990

Abstract

The withdrawal of charges against a reporter of the Independent, following the failed prosecution of a British Telecom employee illustrates the limitations of the carefully defined offence of ‘unauthorised access’, as provided by s. 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (the 1990 Act). It remains an oddity that the 1990 Act does little to regulate ‘unauthorised use’, as opposed to ‘unauthorised access’.

Citation

Lai, S. (1996), "‘Unauthorised Use’ and Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990", Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 359-361. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025735