assuming [the plaintiffs’] position to be true due to lack of
argument and then ultimately ruling on other grounds.”103
The plaintiffs point to no decision of any Court of Appeals
holding that a personal computing device is protected by the
Stored Communications Act.
In sum, the defendants’ alleged conduct implicates no
protected “facility.” The District Court’s dismissal of the
claim for violation of the Act will therefore be affirmed.
C.
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
The plaintiffs’ final federal claim is for violation of the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1030. The Act
creates a cause of action for persons “who suffer[] damage or
loss” because, inter alia, a third party “intentionally accesses a
computer without authorization or exceeds authorized access,
and thereby obtains . . . information from any protected
computer.”104
The District Court dismissed this claim for failing to
meet the statutory requirement of “damage or loss.”105 Under
the Act, “the term ‘damage’ means any impairment to the
integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or
103
In re iPhone, 844 F. Supp. 2d at 1057-58.
104
18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)(2)(C), (g).
105
In re Google, 988 F. Supp. 2d at 448.
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