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A comment on California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023. Parent comment

Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by 1659447091 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @06:35PM (#42883346)
> It seems there should be severe penalties for "power tripping" (aka misuse of authority and databases for special purposes)

I wonder if the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act could be used against them in these cases. I'm not a law expert, but it seems to be used for similar "unauthorized access" cases.

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Re:California law enforcement misused state databases more t... by plagiarist on Thursday January 30, 2025 @08:37PM (#42883995)
For that, the country would need DAs who are willing to prosecute criminals.
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