Armand, an Employee of Big Data Corporation, Is Authorized to Access

question 13

Multiple Choice

Armand, an employee of Big Data Corporation, is authorized to access company trade secrets.Armand downloads those secrets onto a thumb drive.He then quits Big Data's employ and goes to work for Cloud Analytics, Inc., a Big Data competitor, with whom he shares the secrets.Under the court's interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in United States v.Nosal, Armand's use of the secrets is

• A)a civil violation of the CFAA.
• B)not a violation of the CFAA.
• C)a criminal violation of the CFAA.
• D)an unethical violation of the CFAA.

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