Judge: Harvesting Of Domain Registrant Data Did Not Constitute Computer Fraud

Mealey's (March 31, 2020, 9:25 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Because a cybersecurity firm previously had access to the registrant information associated with website domains on the “.nz” top-level domain (TLD), a Washington federal judge on March 26 found that the firm did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by collecting and retaining the registrant data in quantities that violated the terms of use (TOU) of the overseeing entity (Domain Name Commission Limited v. DomainTools LLC, No. 2:18-cv-00874, W.D. Wash., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53303)....