CHAPTER 8: COMPUTER MISUSE ACT 1990 (THE ‘CMA’)
The Computer Misuse Act 1990 was designed to provide for securing computer material against unauthorized access or modification. It created three offences:
1. to knowingly use a computer to obtain unauthorized access to any program or data held in the computer;
2. to use this unauthorized access to commit one or more offences; and
3. to carry out an unauthorized modification of any computer material.
The Act allows for penalties in the form of both fines and imprisonment.
The Act basically outlaws, within the UK, hacking and the introduction of computer viruses. It hasn’t been entirely successful in doing so. It initially had a significant impact on the computer policies of universities, often seen ...
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