Chatrie v. United States · ¶99
Nor is Virginia some outlier. In Texas, “computer . . . data” can constitute “[p]roperty.” Tex. Penal Code Ann. §33.01(16) (West Cum. Supp. 2025). State law likewise criminalizes “knowingly access[ing] . . . a computer, computer network, or computer system . . . with the intent to obtain or use a file, data, or proprietary information” for a prohibited purpose. §33.02(b–1)(2)(C) (West 2016). Once more, as well, those whose “property has been injured” by certain computer crimes may bring a “civil cause of action.” Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. §143.001 (West 2019). Georgia has a similar regime. See Ga. Code Ann. §§16–9– 93(b), (g) (2018) (criminalizing “[c]omputer [t]respass” and providing a private right of action for such violations). And, it appears, so do many other States. See Brief for Cato Institute as Amicus Curiae 14–15, and n. 5 (“Today, more than half of states . . . treat…Read in context ›
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