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NIST AI RMF, MapMAP 4.1

Approaches for mapping AI technology and legal risks of its components – including the use of third-party data or software – are in place, followed, and documented, as are risks of infringement of a third party’s intellectual property or other rights.NIST AI Risk Management Framework, version 1.0, January 2023 (NIST AI 100-1), MAP 4.1

We read each law below as bearing on this control. That does not mean the control, done well, meets the law: what each law asks is on its own page. Corpus as of .

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laws
224
places
4
with court rulings behind them
10
not yet in force

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Computer misuse

222 laws, 201 places
PlaceLawWhat it asks, as read here
Afghanistan Penal Code, Part Twelve, Chapter One (Cyber Crimes and Punishment)

Do not access a computer, program, or data belonging to someone else without authorization; the Penal Code's wording carries no exception for a public, unauthenticated page, and no reported case construes the term.

Alabama Alabama Digital Crime Act, Computer Tampering

Because exceeding authorization of use is defined as using access you do have to obtain or alter information you are not entitled to obtain or alter, do not use a login or other legitimate access to a computer, computer system, or network to take or alter data beyond what you are authorized to take or alter.

Alaska Criminal mischief in the fourth degree, unauthorized computer access

Do not knowingly access a computer, computer system, program, or network without a right, or a reasonable belief of a right, to do so, even where the access causes no further harm.

Alaska Criminal use of a computer

Do not access, or exceed authorized access to, a computer, computer system, program, or network you have no right, or no reasonable belief of a right, to use.

Do not use unauthorized access to obtain information concerning a person, another person's proprietary information, or information the source makes available to the public only for a fee.

Alaska Theft of services, unauthorized use of a computer system

Do not obtain the use of another person's computer time, computer system, program, or network with reckless disregard that the use is unauthorized.

Algeria Code pénal, atteintes aux systèmes de traitement automatisé de données

Do not access or remain in an automated data-processing system without authorization, whether or not the system is protected by a technical measure.

Do not create, distribute, or possess tools or data intended to commit these offences, or use data obtained through them.

Andorra Penal Code, Attacks on Information Systems

Do not access all or part of an information system by defeating a security measure, without authorization, when the result is serious.

Do not intercept non-public data transmissions to, from, or within an information system without authorization.

Angola Penal Code, Unauthorised Access to an Information System

Do not access, without authorisation, all or part of an information system of which you are not the holder.

Do not defeat a security measure or access a conditional-access ('protegido') service to reach a system without authorisation, which draws a substantially heavier penalty.

Antigua and Barbuda Electronic Crimes Act, 2013, access and interference

Do not intentionally access, or download, copy or extract data from, an electronic system or network without a lawful excuse or justification.

Argentina Código Penal, art. 153 bis, unauthorized access to a restricted computer system or data

Do not access a computer system or data of restricted access without due authorization, or by exceeding the authorization held.

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Arizona Computer tampering (Arizona's computer-misuse statute)

Do not access an Arizona-connected computer, computer system, or network without authority or in excess of your authorization; paragraph 8 criminalizes bare unauthorized access even without any intent to defraud, damage, or disrupt.

Do not access a computer, computer system, or network operated by the state, a political subdivision, a health care provider, or a clinical laboratory to obtain information required by law to be kept confidential or records that are not public records.

Arkansas Computer fraud

Do not access, or cause to be accessed, a computer, computer system, or computer network to devise or execute a scheme to defraud or extort, or to obtain money, property, or a service through a false or fraudulent intent, representation, or promise.

Arkansas Computer trespass

Do not intentionally and without authorization access, alter, delete, damage, destroy, or disrupt a computer, computer system, computer network, computer program, or data.

Arkansas Unlawful interference with access to computers; unlawful use or access of computers

Do not knowingly and without authorization use, access, attempt to access, or cause access to be gained to a computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service.

Armenia Criminal Code, unauthorised computer access and illegal appropriation of data

Do not penetrate a computer, computer system or network without permission arising from law, contract or other legitimate basis; reading a public, unauthenticated page has not been held to fall within this prohibition, since the offence also requires that the access negligently cause destruction, alteration, damage or copying of data or other material harm.

Do not intercept or appropriate computer data that is not intended for general use, without permission under law, contract or other legitimate basis, for the purpose of using it or making it available to others; data a service makes available for general, public use falls outside a plain reading of this provision.

Australia Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), Part 10.7, Unauthorised Access to Restricted Data

Do not cause access to, or modification of, data held in a computer where that data is restricted by an access control system and you are not entitled to cause the access, knowing the access is unauthorised.

Austria StGB Sections 118a and 126a to 126c, Computer-Misuse Offenses

Do not overcome a computer system's specific security measure to gain access, if your purpose is to obtain personal data protected by a secrecy interest, or to use the accessed data or system to harm another, per StGB Section 118a.

Azerbaijan Criminal Code, unauthorised access, illegal interception, and system interference

Do not intentionally access a computer system, or any part of it, without the right to do so or by violating its security measures, with intent to seize the data stored there or for personal purposes.

Do not intentionally intercept, by technical means, computer data not intended for general use that is transmitted to, from, or within a computer system, without the right to do so.

Bahamas Computer Misuse Act 2003, unauthorised access, modification and interception offences

Do not cause a computer to perform any function to secure access to a program or data without being entitled to control that access or having the consent of someone who is.

Do not modify computer material, intercept a computer service, or obstruct the use of a computer without authority.

Bangladesh Cyber Security Act, 2026, unauthorised access to a computer system

Do not gain illegal entry into a computer, digital device, computer system, or computer network, and do not assist another person to do so; a higher penalty applies where the entry is for the purpose of committing an offence, and a further higher penalty applies where the entry results in the theft, destruction, or alteration of information, or in an AI agent generating new data through that access.

Barbados Computer Misuse Act, illegal access

Do not gain access to a computer system, cause a programme to execute, or copy, move, alter, or erase data, knowingly or recklessly and without lawful excuse or justification.

Belarus Criminal Code, Crimes Against Computer Security

Do not access a computer system or the information it holds by defeating or circumventing a protection or security measure, whether for gain or where doing so negligently causes substantial harm.

Do not copy, intercept, or otherwise unlawfully acquire computer information causing substantial harm, even without defeating a protection measure.

Belgium Code pénal, Livre II, articles 524 à 527, accès non autorisé dans un système informatique

Do not access or remain in a computer system knowing you are not authorised to do so.

Do not exceed your own access rights to a computer system with a fraudulent intent or an intent to harm.

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Belize Cybercrime Act, illegal access to a computer system

Do not access a computer system of another person without authorisation, in excess of authorisation, or by infringing a security measure, and do not continue to exceed authorised access once it is withdrawn.

Benin Loi n°2017-20 portant Code du Numérique en République du Bénin, Livre VI (cybercriminalité), atteintes aux réseaux et systèmes d'information

Do not access, or remain present in, a computer system without right; the penalty escalates where the access or presence is aggravated by fraudulent intent, exceeds an authorized level of access, results in data being suppressed or modified, or is committed in violation of the system's security measures.

Do not intercept, divulge, use, alter, or misappropriate computer data during its non-public transmission to, from, or within a computer system.

Bermuda Computer Misuse Act 1996, unauthorised access and modification offences

Do not cause a computer to perform any function to secure access to a program or data without being entitled to control that access or having the consent of someone who is, and knowing the access is unauthorised.

Bhutan Information, Communications and Media Act of Bhutan 2018, unauthorized access and tampering with computer systems

Do not access a computer, computer system, network, or computer, content, or traffic data without authorization; unauthorized access is a felony of the fourth degree regardless of resulting damage, and the person is liable to pay court-determined compensation to the victim.

Bolivia Código Penal, Alteración, Acceso y Uso Indebido de Datos Informáticos

Do not appropriate, access, use, modify, suppress, or disable data stored on a computer or other computer medium without authorization, where doing so harms the data's owner.

Brazil Penal Code Art. 154-A, Invasion of a Computing Device

Do not invade a computing device, connected to a network or not, to obtain, alter, or destroy data or information without the device user's authorization, or to install a vulnerability to obtain an unlawful advantage.

Brunei Darussalam Computer Misuse Act, unauthorised access to computer material

Do not cause a computer to perform a function for the purpose of securing access to a program or data without authority, meaning without the entitlement to control that access and without the consent of a person who holds that entitlement.

Bulgaria Criminal Code (Nakazatelen kodeks), Art. 319a, Unauthorized Access to an Information System

Do not unlawfully access an information system or a part of it; a non-immaterial unauthorized access carries imprisonment of up to six years under Article 319a(1), rising with aggravating circumstances.

Burkina Faso Loi n°025-2018/AN du 31 mai 2018 portant Code pénal, computer and data systems offenses (Livre VII, Titre I, Chapitre 1)

Do not access, or remain present in, a computer system without right; a heavier penalty applies where the access or continued presence results in data being suppressed, modified, or altered.

Do not intercept a non-public data transmission to, from, or inside a computer system without right.

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Cabo Verde Cybercrime Law, Unauthorised Access to a Computer System

Do not access a computer system without legal permission or authorization from its owner or another rights holder, and do not produce, sell, distribute, or introduce a device, program, or code intended to produce that unauthorised access.

California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (unauthorized access, broader than the federal without-authorization test)

Do not continue accessing a California site, or circumvent a technical block, after the operator has sent a cease-and-desist notice (Facebook v. Power Ventures, 9th Cir. 2016; Craigslist v. 3Taps, N.D. Cal. 2013).

Cambodia Criminal Code, offences in the information technology sector

Do not fraudulently access or maintain access to a computer system located in Cambodia, including to copy, alter, or delete data from it.

Cameroon Loi n°2010/012 du 21 décembre 2010 relative à la cybersécurité et à la cybercriminalité au Cameroun, articles 68-69 (accès frauduleux)

Do not fraudulently access or remain within all or part of an electronic-communications network or information system, or transmit, damage, or cause a serious disruption or interruption of its functioning.

Do not access, without right and in violation of a security measure, all or part of a network, information system, or terminal equipment connected to another information system, in order to obtain information or data.

Canada Criminal Code, unauthorized use of a computer

Do not obtain a computer service, or cause a function of a computer system to be intercepted, fraudulently and without colour of right.

Chad Code Pénal, unauthorised access to and interference with a computer system

Do not access, or attempt to access, a computer system by fraudulent means, and do not fraudulently remain in, hinder, falsify, or introduce data into one.

Chile Ley 21.459, art. 2, acceso ilícito a un sistema informático

Do not defeat a technical barrier or technological security measure (a login, a paywall, an access token) to reach a computer system without authorization; doing so is a criminal offence regardless of what is then done with the data.

China Criminal Law, Arts. 285-286 (unauthorized computer intrusion and system destruction)

Do not intrude into a computer system to obtain its data, or exercise illegal control over it, where the conduct is serious (Art. 285).

Colombia Código Penal, Acceso Abusivo a un Sistema Informático

Do not access a computer system, whether or not it is protected by a security measure, without authorization or beyond what the system's owner agreed to, and do not remain in it against the will of the person entitled to exclude you.

Comoros Penal Code, unauthorized access to an information system

Do not access, or attempt to access, any part of an information system without authorization.

Do not remain, or attempt to remain, within an information system once access is no longer authorized.

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Costa Rica Código Penal, artículo 231, Espionaje informático

Do not use a computerized manipulation to appropriate, copy, or transmit information of economic or commercial value without the authorization of the system's owner or the party responsible for it.

Croatia Kazneni zakon, Computer Crime Chapter (Arts. 266-273)

Do not access a computer system, part of one, or computer data in Croatia without authorisation; unauthorised access alone is a criminal offence, rising from up to two years' imprisonment to up to three years where the system or data belongs to a government body, the Constitutional Court, an international organisation Croatia belongs to, a local or regional government unit, a public institution, or a company of special public interest.

Do not interfere with the operation of a computer system, damage, alter, delete, destroy or conceal another person's computer data or programs, or intercept a non-public transmission of computer data, without authorisation; each is a separate criminal offence carrying up to three years' imprisonment.

Cuba Código Penal (Ley 151/2022), offenses against telecommunications and ICT security

Do not access or use an information system, storage device, software, or database without due authorization, for the purpose of appropriating, using, disclosing, or disseminating the information it stores, transmits, or captures.

Do not violate an established computer-security measure to use information technology media in a way that affects the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of digital assets.

Cyprus Attacks against Information Systems Law, Articles 3, 4, 7, 11-12 (Illegal Access, System Interference, Tools, Corporate Liability)

Do not access the whole or part of an information system intentionally and without right by violating a security measure.

Cyprus Convention on Cybercrime Ratifying Law, Article 2 (Illegal Access)

Do not access the whole or part of a computer system intentionally and without right, per Article 2 of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime as given force in Cyprus by Law 22(III)/2004.

Czech Republic Criminal Code Section 230, Unauthorized Access to a Computer System

Do not overcome a security measure to gain access to a computer system or part of it in the Czech Republic, and do not use, delete, alter, forge, insert or transmit data, or otherwise interfere with a computer system's software or hardware, without authorization.

Côte d'Ivoire Cybercrime Act, unauthorized access to an information system

Do not access, or attempt to access, all or part of an information system without the operator's authorization, and do not remain fraudulently within one once inside.

Delaware Delaware Computer Crime (unauthorized access, with a private civil right of action)

Do not access a Delaware-connected computer system knowing you lack authorization to do so; an openly served page carries no obvious authorization barrier, but this statute's own text does not resolve the question for a public page.

Democratic Republic of the Congo Digital Code, Book IV: Unauthorized Access to a Computer System

Do not access, or maintain access to, all or part of a computer system without authorization and with fraudulent intent.

Do not exceed your lawful access authority over a computer system with fraudulent intent or intent to harm.

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Denmark Straffeloven Section 263, Unauthorized Access to a Data System

Do not obtain access to a data system, or to data intended for use in one, without the right to do so, including by defeating an access control while scraping.

Djibouti Digital Code, Book VI: Fraudulent Access to Information Systems

Do not access or attempt to access an information system, or a part of one, without authorization.

Do not remain, or attempt to remain, within an information system after having fraudulently entered it.

Dominican Republic Ley No. 53-07 sobre Crímenes y Delitos de Alta Tecnología, Acceso Ilícito

Do not access an electronic, computer, telematic, or telecommunications system, or exceed an authorization to access one, using or not using another's identity.

Ecuador COIP, acceso no consentido a un sistema informático

Do not access, in whole or in part, a computer, telematic, or telecommunications system without authorization, or remain inside it against the will of the person with the legitimate right, to exploit the access, modify a web portal, divert data or voice traffic, or offer the system's services to third parties without paying the legitimate provider.

Ecuador COIP, interceptación ilegal de datos

Do not intercept, listen to, divert, record, or observe a computer datum, signal, or data transmission without a prior judicial order and for the purpose of obtaining registered or available information.

Ecuador COIP, revelación ilegal de base de datos

Do not reveal information registered in a file, archive, database, or similar medium, obtained through or directed at a computer, telematic or telecommunications system, for your own or a third party's benefit, in a way that breaches a person's secrecy, privacy or intimacy.

Egypt Law No. 175 of 2018 on Anti-Cyber and Information Technology Crimes

Do not access, or remain present in, a restricted website, private account, or information system without authorization; if that access results in copying, altering, or republishing data, a higher penalty applies.

Do not exceed the scope of access rights that were legally granted to you on a website, private account, or information system.

El Salvador Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, elusión de medidas tecnológicas efectivas

Do not evade an effective technological measure controlling access to a protected work, and do not make, import, distribute or offer a technology or device designed to do so, absent authorization.

El Salvador Ley Especial contra los Delitos Informáticos y Conexos, acceso indebido a sistemas informáticos

Do not access, intercept or use a computer system without authorization, or by exceeding the authorization you were granted.

Eritrea Penal Code of the State of Eritrea, Unauthorized Use of a Computer from a date not yet set

Do not obtain an unauthorized computer service, intercept a function of a computer system, or alter, destroy, or interfere with data in a computer system, without authorization.

Estonia Karistusseadustik (Penal Code) Section 217, Illegal Obtaining of Access to a Computer System

Do not eliminate or avoid a technical means of protection, such as authentication, to obtain access to a computer system; Section 217 does not reach access to a system that carries no such protective measure.

Eswatini Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act, 2022, Illegal Access

Do not access the whole or any part of a computer system without lawful excuse or justification; logging into a system you are not entitled to use is itself an offence under this Act, even before any security measure is defeated.

Do not infringe a security measure to obtain computer data once inside a system, which raises the penalty for the access itself.

Ethiopia Computer Crime Proclamation

Do not secure access to the whole or any part of a computer system, computer data, or network without authorization or in excess of authorization, whether or not the system is publicly accessible.

Do not intercept non-public computer data or a data-processing service without authorization.

Finland Rikoslaki Chapter 38, Tietomurto and törkeä tietomurto (Computer Break-in and Aggravated Computer Break-in)

Do not gain access to a computer system, or a separately protected part of one, by using an access code that does not belong to you or by otherwise breaking a protective measure, and do not use a special technical device to obtain data from such a system without hacking into it, under Rikoslaki 38 luku 8 sec.

France Code pénal STAD Offenses, Unauthorized Access to and Interference with Automated Data Processing Systems

Do not defeat an access control, password, or other security measure to reach a French computer system; reading a public, unauthenticated page without doing so has not itself been held to violate Article 323-1.

Gabon Loi n°027/2023, infractions et sanctions informatiques

Do not access or remain in a computer system without authorization, whether or not the system is protected by a technical measure, and do not exceed an access you were granted.

Do not hinder the operation of a computer system, or fraudulently introduce, alter, delete, or extract the data it holds.

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Gambia Information and Communications Act, 2009, Computer Misuse and Cyber Crime part

Do not cause a computer system to perform any function to secure access to a program or data without the right or permission of the person who controls that system.

Do not intercept, or cause to be intercepted, any function of or data within a computer system without the consent of both the sender and the intended recipient of the data, or a statutory power to do so.

Georgia Criminal Code, unauthorised access and interference with computer data and systems

Do not access a computer system, or copy, alter, or output data from it, without authorisation from the person who holds the right to grant that access.

Georgia Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act, computer theft, trespass, invasion of privacy, forgery, password disclosure from a date not yet set

Do not use a Georgia-connected computer or computer network in a manner that exceeds the right or permission its owner granted; ordinary access to a page that grants and denies no specific permission at all does not, on the statute's own text, become use 'without authority.'

Do not take, delete, alter, or interfere with computer data, programs, or operation without authority; doing so with the required intent is computer theft or computer trespass regardless of whether the access was automated.

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Germany Ausspaehen, Abfangen und Manipulation von Daten (Computer Misuse and Data Interference)

Do not gain access to data that is specially secured against unauthorised access by overcoming that security measure.

Do not intercept non-public data transmissions or a computer's electromagnetic emissions using technical means.

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Ghana Cybersecurity Act, Unlawful Access

Do not, without lawful authority, retrieve a person's subscriber information or intercept traffic data or content data.

Ghana Electronic Transactions Act, Cyber Offences

Do not access or intercept an electronic record without authority or permission, whether or not the record sits behind a login.

Do not cause a computer to perform any function to secure access to a programme or electronic record without authority.

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Greece Penal Code Article 370C (370Γ), Violation of Computer Data and Program Secrets

Do not copy, record, use, or disclose to a third party computer data or programs that constitute a state, scientific, professional, or business secret, where the lawful holder treats them as secret from a justified interest, without right.

Greece Penal Code Article 370D (370Δ), Access to an Information System in Breach of a Prohibition or Security Measure

Do not access all or part of an information system, or data transmitted over a telecommunications system, by violating a prohibition or a security measure the lawful holder has put in place.

Grenada Electronic Crimes Act, 2013, unauthorised access and interference

Do not gain access to, or download, copy or extract data from, an electronic system or network without the permission of its owner or the person in charge of it.

Guatemala Código Penal, Decreto 17-73, Arts. 274 'A' a 274 'G' (Delitos Informáticos)

Do not, without authorization, use another's computerized records, or enter by any means their data bank or electronic archives (art. 274 'F'); whether reading a public, unauthenticated page counts as unauthorized use or entry has not been tested by a Guatemalan court.

Guinea Loi n° L/2016/037/AN portant Cybersécurité et Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel, titre relatif aux infractions informatiques (cybercriminalité)

Do not access, or continue to access, a computer system without right; a heavier penalty applies where the access hinders the system's operation.

Do not fraudulently intercept data.

Guyana Cybercrime Act 2018, unauthorised access to a computer system

Do not access a computer system without authorisation under the Cybercrime Act 2018; the located sources do not establish how Guyanese courts would read this against a public, unauthenticated page.

Hawaii Hawaii Computer Crime Law, Part IX (unauthorized computer access, computer fraud, computer damage)

Accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network connected to Hawaii without the permission of its owner or rightful user, or in excess of the permission granted, is unauthorized access under this statute; ordinary automated retrieval of a public, unauthenticated page has not been tested against this definition by a Hawaii court.

Honduras Código Penal, seguridad de las redes y de los sistemas informáticos

Do not access a computer system, in whole or in part, by infringing a security measure established to prevent it, without authorization.

Hungary Büntető Törvénykönyv (Criminal Code), Sections 423-424, Violation of Information Systems or Data

Do not log into, or remain logged into, an information system by violating or circumventing a technical measure safeguarding it; unauthorized access is a criminal offense under Btk. Section 423(1) regardless of whether any data is altered.

Iceland Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940, Art. 229, Unauthorized Access to Computer-Stored Data

Do not obtain access to another's data or programs stored in computer-readable form without authorization, including by defeating a security measure, under Almenn hegningarlög Article 229.

Idaho Computer crime (unauthorized access, use, or alteration)

Do not knowingly access, attempt to access, or use an Idaho-connected computer, computer system, or network, or its software, program, documentation, or data, without authorization; subsection (3) reaches this as a misdemeanor even without any further intent to defraud, damage, or disrupt.

Do not knowingly access or use a computer, system, or network with intent to defraud, to obtain money, property, or services by false pretenses, or to commit theft, and do not knowingly and without authorization alter, damage, or destroy a computer, system, network, or the software, program, documentation, or data it contains; either is a felony under subsections (1) and (2).

India Information Technology Act, Unauthorized Access and Computer-Related Offences

Do not access, or secure access to, a computer, computer system or computer network, or download, copy or extract data from it, without the permission of its owner or the person in charge of it.

Indiana Indiana Computer Trespass, lack of owner's consent

Do not access an Indiana-connected computer system or network without the owner's consent; the statute does not say whether serving a page openly is consent to an ordinary request for it, and an owner's express refusal, such as a written demand to stop or a block, leaves later access without consent.

Indonesia Criminal Code (KUHP), Article 332, unauthorised access to a computer or electronic system, as reworded by Law No. 1 of 2026

Do not access another person's computer or electronic system without right or unlawfully, or access any computer or electronic system without right or unlawfully in order to obtain electronic information or documents from it.

Ireland Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017

Do not intentionally access an information system by infringing a security measure, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (s. 2).

Israel Computers Law, unlawful penetration of computer material

Do not connect with, communicate with, or operate a computer or its material without authorization; doing so to commit a further offence under another law raises the maximum term to five years.

Italy Codice Penale Art. 615-ter, Unauthorized Access to a Computer or Telematic System

Do not access, or remain within after being excluded, a computer or telematic system protected by security measures without the right-holder's consent.

Jamaica Cybercrimes Act, 2015, unauthorised access to computer program or data

Do not knowingly obtain, for yourself or another person, access to any program or data held in a computer unless you are entitled to control that access or have the consent of a person who is so entitled.

Japan Act on Prohibition of Unauthorized Computer Access, prohibition of unauthorized access

Do not operate a computer connected to a telecommunications line, where it carries an access control feature, by inputting another person's identification code, or by inputting other information or a command designed to evade that feature, without the access administrator's or the authorized user's permission.

Jordan Cybercrime Law, Unauthorized Access to Information Systems

Do not access a website, information network, information system, or information technology means, in whole or in part, without authorization or in excess of an authorization granted.

Do not use a program or program command to disable, alter, damage, or gain unauthorized access to an information system, and do not intercept or capture data transmitted through one.

Kansas Unlawful acts concerning computers (Kansas's computer-crime statute)

Do not knowingly access, or attempt to access, a Kansas-connected computer, computer system, social networking website, computer network, or computer software, program, documentation, data, or property without authorization; paragraph (a)(5) criminalizes bare unauthorized access or an attempt at it alone, even without any intent to defraud, damage, or exceed authorization.

Kazakhstan Penal Code, unauthorized access to information

Do not intentionally access legally protected information on an electronic medium without authorization where doing so causes significant harm; the offence is not confined to defeating a technical access control.

Kazakhstan Penal Code, unlawful distribution of restricted electronic information resources

Do not unlawfully distribute an electronic information resource containing citizens' personal data, or other information restricted by law or by its owner, once obtained.

Kentucky Kentucky Unlawful Access to a Computer

Do not access, cause to be accessed, or attempt to access a Kentucky-connected computer, computer system, computer network, or the data or software on one, without the effective consent of the owner.

Do not receive, conceal, or use data or property known to have been obtained through a violation of this statute; doing so is a separate felony.

Kenya Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018, unauthorised access

Do not gain access to a computer system by infringing a security measure, knowing the access is unauthorised, including to copy, transfer or output data from it.

Kiribati Cybercrime Act 2021, unauthorised access from a date not yet set

Do not access a computer program or computer data held in a computer system unless you are entitled to control that kind of access, or have the consent of a person who is so entitled.

Kuwait Electronic Transactions Law, Unauthorised Access to an Electronic Data Processing System

Do not illegitimately log in to an electronic data processing system, prevent access to it, damage it, or obtain credit-card or other electronic-card numbers from it to steal funds.

Kyrgyzstan Criminal Code, unauthorized access to computer information

Do not gain unauthorized access to another person's protected computer information, electronic documents, information system, or telecommunications network, including by defeating an access control, where doing so destroys, blocks, or modifies data or disrupts a processing device.

Laos Penal Code, Illegal Access to a Computer System

Do not defeat a special protection system to access a computer system with intent to obtain commercial, financial or privately held data.

Latvia Krimināllikums Sections 241, 243, 244, Automated Data Processing System Offences

Do not breach an automated data processing system's protective means, access it without permission, or use rights granted to another person to access it, where doing so causes substantial harm; whether an ordinary, unauthenticated page with no such protective means falls outside the without-permission ground is untested.

Lebanon Law No. 81/2018 on Electronic Transactions and Personal Data, Illegal Access to an Information System and Related IT-System Offences

Do not fraudulently access, enter, or remain in an information system, or a part of it, that you are not authorized to access.

Lesotho Penal Code Act, 2010, Misuse of Property of Another

Do not extract information from a computer or electronic storage device owned by another person where you have no reasonable cause to believe the owner would allow that extraction.

Liberia Cybercrime Act of 2025 from a date not yet set

Do not access a computer system without authorization; the Act's own text does not confirm how authorization is read for a public, unauthenticated web page.

Do not use illegally intercepted data, commit online fraud, or commit identity theft using a computer system.

Libya Law No. 5 of 2022 on Combating Cybercrimes, unauthorised access and system interference

Do not breach a website's or information system's protection measures to access it without authorization, in whole or in part.

Do not delete, alter, disclose, or copy data, or disable or deface a system, once inside it without authorization.

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Liechtenstein Strafgesetzbuch Art. 118a, Illegal Access to a Computer System

Do not gain access to a computer system, or part of one, in Liechtenstein that you may not use, or may not use alone, by overcoming a specific security precaution, for the purpose of obtaining personal data protected by a confidentiality interest or of inflicting a disadvantage on another person.

Lithuania Criminal Code Arts. 196-198 and 198-1, Computer Misuse and Unauthorised Access Offenses

Do not connect to an information system in Lithuania, or a part of it, by breaching its security measures; unauthorized connection risks criminal liability of up to two years' imprisonment under Criminal Code Art. 198-1(1). Do not unlawfully connect to an information system of strategic significance for national security or great significance for state governance, the economy or the financial system, or a part of it; that risks up to three years' imprisonment under Art. 198-1(2).

Do not destroy, damage, delete, alter, or otherwise restrict the use of electronic data on a system in Lithuania without authorization, or disrupt the system's operation; that risks up to two years' imprisonment under Criminal Code Arts. 196 and 197, and up to six years where it reaches many systems or a system of strategic or great significance, uses another person's personal data, or causes great damage. Do not unlawfully observe, intercept, acquire, hold, or disseminate non-public electronic data; that risks up to four years' imprisonment under Art. 198, and up to six years for such data of strategic or great significance.

Louisiana Louisiana Computer Tampering, unauthorized access and exceeding authorization

Do not access, or cause to be accessed, a Louisiana-connected computer, computer system, or computer network without the authorization of its owner, including access that intentionally exceeds the scope of authorization you were given.

If a computer's owner has issued a confidential or proprietary access code, do not use a code issued to someone else; doing so creates a rebuttable presumption that your access was unauthorized or exceeded authorization.

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Luxembourg Code penal, Computer Misuse Offences (Unauthorized Access, Interference, Data Introduction, Devices, Attempt, Association)

Do not fraudulently access or remain in all or part of an automated data-processing or transmission system located in Luxembourg.

Do not intentionally interfere with, falsify, or introduce, suppress, alter or intercept data in an automated data-processing or transmission system, to the prejudice of another person's rights.

Madagascar Law No. 2014-006, fraudulent access to an information system

Do not access, or remain connected to, all or part of an information system intentionally and without a legitimate excuse or justification.

Maine Aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy

Do not intentionally make an unauthorized copy of a computer program, software, or information from a Maine-connected computer resource, knowing you are not authorized to do so; this reaches unauthorized bulk copying even without any resulting damage.

Maine Criminal invasion of computer privacy

Do not intentionally access a Maine-connected computer resource while knowing you are not authorized to do so; the statute states a bare authorization test with no separate requirement of malicious intent, deception, or resulting damage.

Malawi Electronic Transactions and Cyber Security Act, 2016, unauthorized access to data

Do not access, intercept, or interfere with data without authority or permission to do so, or beyond the access you are authorized for.

Malaysia Computer Crimes Act 1997, unauthorised access to computer material

Do not cause a computer to perform a function to secure access to a program or data where that access is unauthorised and you know it to be unauthorised.

Mali Loi n° 2019-056, accès et maintien frauduleux à un système d'information

Do not access, or attempt to access, an information system by an irregular mode of penetration, and do not remain, or attempt to remain, in an information system once access to it is irregular.

Malta Criminal Code Article 337C, Unlawful Access to, or Use of, Information

Confirm you have authorisation from whoever is entitled to control access to a computer, data, or software before accessing, copying, or extracting it in Malta; acting without such authorisation under Article 337C of the Criminal Code is a criminal offence whether or not a login otherwise protects the resource.

Maryland Maryland Unauthorized Access to Computers, with a civil private right of action

Do not access, or exceed authorized access to, a Maryland-connected computer network, system, or database intentionally and without authorization; the statute defines access but never authorization, so whether an unrestricted public page counts as authorized is unsettled rather than resolved by its text.

Massachusetts Unauthorized access to a computer system; penalties

Do not access a computer system without authorization, and stop accessing it once you know your access is no longer authorized.

Mauritania Loi n° 2016-007, accès non autorisé à un système informatique

Do not access, or attempt to access, all or part of a computer system intentionally and without right.

Do not remain connected to all or part of a computer system after accessing it without right.

Mauritius Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Act 2021, unauthorised access offences

Do not gain unauthorised access to any program or data held in a computer system, that is, access you are not entitled to control and have not been authorised to make.

Mexico Código Penal Federal, Unauthorised Access to Computer Systems and Equipment (Arts. 211 bis 1 to 211 bis 7)

Do not modify, destroy, cause the loss of, learn of, or copy information in a computer system or equipment that is protected by a security mechanism, without authorisation to access it.

Mexico Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, Technological Protection Measures and Circumvention (Arts. 114 Bis, 232 Bis)

Do not circumvent, or supply a device, mechanism, product, component, or system designed, marketed, or predominantly used to circumvent, a technological protection measure that controls access to a copyrighted work.

Michigan Fraudulent Access to Computers, Computer Systems, and Computer Networks Act

Do not access, or cause access to, a computer, computer system, or computer network without authorization or by exceeding authorization granted, to acquire, alter, damage, delete, or destroy data or property, or to use the system's services (MCL 752.795).

Do not access or cause access to a computer, computer system, or computer network to devise or execute a scheme to defraud or to obtain money, property, or a service by false pretense (MCL 752.794).

Mississippi Mississippi Computer Crimes and Identity Theft Act, core offenses

Do not defraud, deny an authorized user access, disable or damage equipment, or destroy, insert, modify, copy, use, or take intellectual property without consent, by means that fall outside proper means (independent invention, lawful reverse engineering, license or authority of the owner, public observation, or published literature).

Missouri Tampering with computer data, computer equipment, and computer users

Do not access a Missouri-connected computer, computer system, or computer network without authorization or without reasonable grounds to believe you have authorization.

Do not modify, destroy, disclose, or take computer data, programs, or supporting documentation, or a password or other access-control information, without authorization.

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Moldova Criminal Code, Illegal Access to a Computer System

Do not access a computer system without authorization under law or contract, or beyond the limits of an authorization, including to use, administer, or control it or to conduct research or another operation in it.

Monaco Code Pénal Arts. 389-1 to 389-9, Unauthorized Access, System Interference and Data Damage

Do not fraudulently access or remain within all or part of a Monaco information system.

Do not fraudulently hinder or alter the functioning of an information system, or introduce, damage, erase, alter, delete, extract, hold, reproduce, transmit or render inaccessible computer data within one, in the course of an automated crawl.

Montenegro Criminal Code of Montenegro, Unauthorised Access to a Computer System

Do not access a computer system, in whole or in part, without authorisation.

Do not defeat a computer system's protection measures, and do not access without authorisation a computer system of significance to a state authority, local-government authority, or another institution exercising public powers; either raises the offence's maximum penalty.

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Mozambique Electronic Transactions Law, Computer Misuse Contraventions

Do not access all or part of a computer system or computer network by violating its security measures, with intent to obtain data or another dishonest intent.

Do not intercept, by technical means, private data transmissions to, from, or within a computer system or network.

Myanmar Electronic Transactions Law, unauthorized interference and interception offences

Do not dishonestly hack, modify, alter, destroy, or steal another person's electronic record, electronic data message, or computer programme.

Do not intercept a communication within a computer network, or give any person access to the contents of a communication, without the permission of both the originator and the addressee.

Nauru Cybercrime Act 2015, illegal access to a protected computer

Do not access the whole or part of a protected computer, meaning one connected to the Republic's security, defence, or international relations, a confidential law-enforcement source, communications, public-utility, or public-key infrastructure, or public safety and essential emergency services, without a lawful excuse.

Do not obtain electronic data that is specially protected against unauthorised access and not meant for you.

Nepal Electronic Transactions Act, 2063, unauthorised access to computer materials

Do not use a computer to access a programme, information, or data without the authorisation of its owner or the person responsible for it, or in a manner contrary to the terms of an authorisation given.

Netherlands Wetboek van Strafrecht, art. 138ab, Computervredebreuk (Computer Trespass)

Do not access an automated work by breaching a security measure, a technical intervention, false signals or a false key, or a false identity; reading a public, unauthenticated page without defeating any access control has not itself been held to violate this article.

After any access gained that way, do not copy, tap, or record the data stored on, processed by, or transferred through that system.

Nevada Unlawful acts regarding computers, private action and enforcement

Do not knowingly, willfully and without authorization modify, damage, destroy, disclose, use, transfer, conceal, take, retain, copy, or obtain or attempt to obtain access to data, a program, equipment, or a computer, system or network connected to Nevada.

New Hampshire New Hampshire Computer Crime Statute

Do not knowingly access, or cause to be accessed, a computer or computer network you know you are not authorized to access.

Do not knowingly make an unauthorized display, use, disclosure, or copy of data obtained through such access, even after collection; this can reach how you later use or share data taken beyond the scope of any authorization.

New Mexico Computer Crimes Act, unauthorized computer use

Do not knowingly, willfully and without authorization, or in excess of an authorization obtained, access, use, take, transfer, conceal, obtain, copy or retain possession of a computer, computer network, or computer property or service connected to New Mexico; a violation is graded by the dollar value of the resulting damage, from a petty misdemeanor at two hundred fifty dollars or less up to a second degree felony above twenty thousand dollars.

New York New York Computer Trespass, notice-based revocation and circumvention presumption

Do not continue accessing a New York-connected system, or circumvent a technical security measure, after the operator has given you actual notice, including a cease-and-desist letter, that your access is unwanted; this statute treats notice alone as sufficient to convert continued access into unauthorized access, without needing a technical block.

New Zealand Crimes Act 1961, Accessing a Computer System Without Authorisation

Do not intentionally access, directly or indirectly, a computer system without authorisation, knowing or being reckless as to whether you are authorised to access it.

Nicaragua Ley No. 1042, interference with and damage to computer systems, as reformed by Ley No. 1219

Do not violate a computer system's security to destroy, alter, duplicate, or damage the data, processes, or their integrity, availability, or confidentiality.

Nicaragua Ley No. 1042, unauthorized access to computer systems

Do not access, intercept, or use a computer system without authorization or in excess of the authorization granted.

Niger Loi n° 2019-33, accès illégal et maintien frauduleux

Do not access, or remain present in, a computer system intentionally and without right; reading a page that is public and unauthenticated has not been shown to violate this test.

Nigeria Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) Act, 2015, unlawful access to a computer

Do not intentionally access a computer system or network without authorisation for a fraudulent purpose in order to obtain data vital to national security.

North Carolina North Carolina Computer-Related Crime Act (unauthorized access and computer trespass)

Do not use a North Carolina computer or computer network without the owner's authorization, or beyond the scope of authorization granted, to remove, disable, or alter data, cause a malfunction, damage property, or make an unauthorized copy of computer data, programs, or software.

Do not access a computer, including a government computer, without authorization to defraud or to obtain property or services by false pretenses; accessing a government computer without authorization for any other purpose carries heightened felony exposure.

North Dakota Computer fraud and computer crime

Do not gain or attempt to gain access to, alter, damage, modify, copy, disclose, take possession of, or destroy a North Dakota-connected computer, computer system, or computer network in excess of the authorization you were given or without authorization at all; unlike some other states' statutes, no fraud, malice, or deception is required for this to be a class A misdemeanor.

North Korea Criminal Code, Computer and Information Offences

Do not intrude into a computer network in the fields of state administration, national defence construction, or advanced science and technology; this offence does not, on its own text, reach crawling an ordinary public, non-governmental website.

North Korea Law on the Protection of Computer Software, Prohibited Acts and Supervision

Do not copy, adapt, sell, or telecast a software, or destroy or remove a technical protection device on it, without the copyright holder's permission, outside the three listed permission-free cases (education, a law-enforcement investigation, or software already distributed free of charge).

North Macedonia Criminal Code, Damage and Unauthorized Entry into a Computer System

Do not enter another's computer or system without authorization with intent to exploit its data or programs for unlawful gain or to cause damage, or to transmit data reached without authorization.

Do not intercept, by technical means, a non-public transmission of computer data to, from, or within a computer system.

Norway Penal Code, Unauthorised Access to a Computer System

Do not gain access to a computer system or part of it by breaching a protection measure or by another unauthorised method.

Oman Cybercrime Combat Law, unauthorized access to a website or information system

Do not access, or remain on, a website, information system, or information-technology means in Oman without right, in excess of authorized access, or after becoming aware the access is unauthorized; a spurious raise costs a developer one read, so this is flagged even though the Law's text does not on its face require defeating a technical security measure to reach a public, unauthenticated page.

Pakistan Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, unauthorized access and interference offences

Do not access an information system or data in Pakistan that is not available to the general public without authorization, or in violation of the terms and conditions of an authorization already granted; unauthorized access is a criminal offence under section 3 of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, and a more heavily punished one under section 6 where the system is critical infrastructure.

Palau Penal Code, unauthorized computer access

Do not access a computer, computer system, or computer network without authorization, meaning without the permission of, or in excess of the permission granted by, its owner, lessor, or rightful user.

Panama Código Penal, Delitos contra la Seguridad Informática

Do not improperly enter or use a database, network or computer system.

Do not improperly seize, copy, use or modify data in transit or held in a database or computer system, or interfere with, intercept, obstruct or prevent its transmission.

Paraguay Código Penal, arts. 146 b y 174 b, introducidos por la Ley N° 4439/2011, acceso indebido a datos y a sistemas informáticos

Do not access a computer system, or its components, using your own or another person's identity, or by exceeding an authorization.

Do not circumvent a security measure to obtain data that is specially protected against unauthorized access; ordinary access to unprotected, publicly available data falls outside this narrower offence.

Pennsylvania Unlawful use of computer and other computer crimes (hacking and similar offenses)

Do not intentionally access or exceed authorization to access a computer, computer network, database, or World Wide Web site without authorization, or in doing so alter, interfere with the operation of, damage, or destroy it; bare unauthorized access is itself an offense here.

Peru Decreto Legislativo 1700, illicit trafficking of computer data (art. 12-A of Ley 30096)

Do not possess, buy, receive, sell, exchange, facilitate, or traffic computer data, access credentials, or personal databases that you know or have reason to presume were obtained without the titleholder's consent or through a security breach or a computer offense.

Peru Ley 30096, unauthorized access and data/system integrity offenses

Do not access a computer system, in whole or in part, without authorization or beyond what you are authorized to access; defeating a security measure to do so draws a higher penalty tier.

Do not intercept non-public computer data transmissions without authorization.

Philippines Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, Illegal Access, Interception, and Data Interference

Do not access the whole or any part of a computer system without right, intercept a non-public transmission of computer data without right, or intentionally or recklessly alter, damage, delete, or deteriorate computer data without right.

Poland Kodeks karny, Unauthorized Access to Information and Computer-Misuse Offenses

Do not bypass or circumvent an electronic, technical, magnetic, IT, or other special security measure to access data or an IT system not intended for you; unauthorized access under Kodeks karny Art. 267 carries a fine, restriction of liberty, or imprisonment up to 2 years.

Portugal Lei do Cibercrime Article 6, Illegal Access to a Computer System

Do not access a computer system located in Portugal without legal permission or authorization from its owner or another rights holder, including by circumventing a security control.

Qatar Cybercrime Prevention Law, unauthorised access

Do not intentionally and illegally access, exceed authorised access to, or knowingly continue accessing a Qatar-based website, information system, or information network once aware the access is unauthorised; a violation reaching a system belonging to a state authority or affiliated corporation carries a doubled penalty.

Do not unlawfully capture, intercept, or spy on traffic data or data being transmitted through an information network while crawling or collecting it.

Republic of the Congo Law on Combating Cybercrime, Unauthorised Access, Interference and Fraudulent Copying of Data

Do not access or attempt to access, without authorization, all or part of an information system.

Do not remain or attempt to remain connected, without authorization, to an information system.

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Rhode Island Rhode Island Computer Crime chapter, unauthorized access and computer trespass

Do not access a Rhode Island-connected computer, system, or network without the owner's permission, or beyond the scope of permission actually granted; this chapter's without-authority standard reaches exceeding permission as well as having none.

Romania Cod penal, Art. 360-366, Infracțiuni contra siguranței și integrității sistemelor și datelor informatice (Offences Against the Security and Integrity of Computer Systems and Data)

Do not access a computer system in Romania without a right to do so; the penalty rises where the access is for the purpose of obtaining data and rises further where the system's access is technically restricted to certain users, per Cod penal art. 360.

Do not intercept, alter, or disrupt computer data or a computer system's functioning, and do not transfer data out of a computer system without authorization, per Cod penal arts. 361-364.

Russia Criminal Code Article 272, Unauthorized Access to Computer Information

Do not access computer information protected by Russian law without authorization in a way that destroys, blocks, modifies, or copies it, under Criminal Code Article 272; a version of this offense committed for gain, by a group, or causing grave consequences carries escalating fines up to 500,000 rubles and imprisonment up to 7 years.

Russia Criminal Code Article 274, Violation of Rules for Operating Computer-Information Storage, Processing or Transmission Systems

Do not violate the operating rules for protected computer-information systems or telecommunications-network access rules in a way that destroys, blocks, modifies, or copies information and causes significant damage, under Criminal Code Article 274.

Russia Criminal Code Article 274.1, Unlawful Impact on Critical Information Infrastructure

Do not create, distribute, or use malicious computer programs, or gain unauthorized access to protected information, aimed at Russia's critical information infrastructure, under Criminal Code Article 274.1; a version committed by a group or causing grave consequences carries imprisonment up to 10 years.

Rwanda Law on Prevention and Punishment of Cybercrimes, unauthorized access

Do not access computer or computer system data without the consent of a person entitled to give it, without being entitled to control or access it yourself, or by accessing another person's computer system without authorization.

Saint Kitts and Nevis Electronic Crimes Act, illegal access and related computer-misuse offences

Do not access a computer system, or any part of it, without lawful excuse or justification, including to copy, transfer or output data from it.

Do not access a computer system the Minister has designated as restricted; a heavier penalty applies where access to a restricted system occurs in the course of another offence under this Act.

Saint Lucia Computer Misuse Act, unauthorized access, interception and modification

Do not cause a computer system to perform a function to secure access to, or to intercept, a program, data, or computer service, without authority.

Samoa Crimes Act 2013, computer-access and interference offences

Do not access, directly or indirectly, the whole or part of an electronic system without authorisation, or while reckless as to whether access is authorised, whether or not the underlying data is later used for crawling or training.

Do not log into or remain logged into, or continue to access, an electronic system without lawful excuse or in excess of a lawful excuse.

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San Marino Computer Crimes Law, Unlawful Access to Computer or Telematics Systems

Do not unlawfully enter, or remain against the will of the party entitled to exclude you in, a computer or telematics system protected by a security measure, under Criminal Code art. 182-bis.

Senegal Loi n° 2008-11 du 25 janvier 2008 sur la Cybercriminalité, unauthorized computer-system access (Penal Code arts. 431-8 to 431-9)

Do not access, or attempt to access, all or part of a computer system by fraudulent means, and do not maintain a fraudulent presence in one once inside.

Serbia Criminal Code, Offences Against the Security of Computer Data

Do not access a computer, computer network, or electronic data processing system by circumventing a protection measure, without authorisation.

Do not use, record, or further distribute data obtained by circumventing a protection measure without authorisation.

Sierra Leone Cyber Security and Crime Act, 2021, unauthorised access

Do not cause a computer system to perform a function to gain access to a computer system, program, or data without authorisation, including by exceeding the level of access a person entitled to grant it has consented to.

Singapore Computer Misuse Act, Unauthorised Access to Computer Material

Do not cause a computer to perform any function for the purpose of securing access to a program or data without authority, meaning without being entitled to control that access and without the consent of a person who is so entitled.

Slovakia Trestný zákon, Unauthorized Access to a Computer System and Related Offences

Do not overcome a security measure to gain access to a computer system or part of it without authorization.

Do not intercept a non-public transmission of computer data to, from, or within a computer system without authorization.

Slovenia Kazenski zakonik (KZ-1, Criminal Code), Art. 221, Napad na informacijski sistem (Attack on an Information System)

Do not enter or break into an information system without authorization, and do not intercept data without authorization during its non-public transmission into or out of an information system.

Solomon Islands Telecommunications Act 2009, Unauthorised-Access and Interception Offences

Do not access telecommunications facilities by infringing a security measure, with the intent of obtaining telecommunications data.

Do not intercept, by technical means, a transmission that is not intended for you and not intended for public reception.

South Africa Cybercrimes Act, unlawful access and unlawful interception of data

Do not unlawfully and intentionally access a computer system or data storage medium.

Do not unlawfully and intentionally intercept data, or possess data known or reasonably suspected to have been unlawfully intercepted, without a satisfactory exculpatory account.

South Carolina South Carolina Computer Crime Act

Do not access, or cause to be accessed, a computer, computer system, or computer network without authorization to devise a scheme to defraud, obtain money or property by false pretenses, commit another crime, or to alter, damage, destroy, or modify data, programs, or software, or to introduce a computer contaminant.

Do not engage in computer hacking, defined to include accessing a computer without express or implied authorization, using a port scanner or probe without permission, or using a computer, computer system, or computer network in a manner that exceeds any right or permission its owner granted; this is a separate misdemeanor offense regardless of any financial gain or loss.

South Dakota South Dakota Unlawful Use of a Computer System, Software, or Data

Do not access, or exceed authorized access to, a South Dakota-connected computer system, software, or data without the consent of the owner; this chapter turns on consent rather than on a technical access barrier, so it reaches ordinary unauthenticated automated access as well as authenticated access.

Do not copy or obtain information from a computer system, compromise its security controls, or use or disclose access codes or passwords, without the owner's consent; violating this is a Class 6 felony.

South Korea Information and Communications Network Act, Article 48 (network intrusion and anti-circumvention)

Do not access an information and communications network without authorization, or beyond the scope of granted authorization, to collect data.

South Sudan National Communication Act, 2012, confidentiality and unauthorised interception of communications

Do not break into, eavesdrop on, illegally monitor, or hack into a communication or a communication network without authorisation from the National Communication Authority, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, or a court.

South Sudan Penal Code Act, 2008, computer and electronic related offences

Do not gain access to, destroy, alter, copy, transfer, or interfere with data, a programme, or a system held in a computer or computer network without authority from its owner.

Spain Código Penal Article 197 bis, Unauthorized Access to an Information System

Do not circumvent a technical security measure, such as authentication, to access an information system without authorization; Article 197 bis does not reach access to a page that carries no such measure.

Sri Lanka Computer Crime Act, unauthorised access, modification and dealing with unlawfully obtained data from a date not yet set

Do not secure access to a computer or to information held in it without lawful authority; the test does not turn on defeating a technical control, so relying on a page being public and unauthenticated is not itself a defence and has not been tested by a Sri Lankan court.

Do not buy, receive, retain, download, upload, or copy information known or believed to have been obtained from a computer without lawful authority by someone else.

State of Palestine Law by Decree No. 10 of 2018 on Cybercrime, Unauthorised Access and Computer Interference

Do not access a website, system, network, or means of information technology without authorisation, or continue accessing it after learning the access is unauthorised, or exceed the scope of authorised access (art. 4(1)).

Do not receive, record, intercept, or wiretap data sent through the network without authorisation (art. 7).

Suriname Wetboek van Strafrecht, Hacking and Denial of Access (arts. 187b-187c)

Do not gain access to a computer system, or part of one, without authorization; access counts as unauthorized if it was obtained by breaking through security, a technical intervention, false signals or a false key, or by assuming a false identity.

If access to a system was unlawfully obtained, do not go on to copy, intercept, or record the data it holds, use its processing capacity for your own or another's benefit, or pivot through it to a third party's system.

Sweden Brottsbalken 4 kap. 9 c §, Unauthorized Computer Access (Dataintrång)

Do not unlawfully gain access to, alter, delete, block, or register information intended for automated processing in Sweden, or seriously disturb or hinder the use of such information by another similar unlawful means.

Switzerland Swiss Criminal Code, Unauthorised Access to and Interference with Data Processing Systems

Do not defeat a security measure to obtain unauthorised access to a data processing system, knowing the access is unauthorised.

Do not obtain specially secured data not intended for you for your own or another's unlawful gain, and do not alter, delete or render unusable data stored or transmitted electronically without authority.

Taiwan Criminal Code, Offenses Against Computer Security

Do not access another's computer or related equipment by entering someone else's password, defeating a technical protective measure, or exploiting a system vulnerability without cause; each is a separate ground for criminal exposure under Article 358.

Tajikistan Criminal Code, illegal access, modification, sabotage and unlawful possession of computer information

An app must not gain access to a computer system, network or machine media by violating its security system, modify computer information or introduce deliberately false information into it, disable or destroy a computer system or its data, or unlawfully copy, seize or intercept information transmitted through a computer system.

Tanzania Cybercrimes Act, 2015, unauthorised access and interference offences

Do not intentionally and unlawfully access, remain in, or interfere with a computer system, or intercept a non-public transmission, without the operator's authorisation.

Tennessee Tennessee Personal and Commercial Computer Act, implicit consent for anonymous access

Do not intentionally access a Tennessee-connected computer, computer system, or network without authorization; the statute defines authorization as any form of consent, and its implicit-consent clause applies to networks operated to allow anonymous access.

Texas Texas Breach of Computer Security, effective-consent and posted-prohibition offenses

Accessing a Texas-connected computer, computer network, or computer system without the effective consent of the owner is a criminal offense regardless of your intent (Tex. Penal Code § 33.02(a)).

Thailand Act on Computer Crime, unauthorized access and interception

Do not access a Thai computer system or computer data protected by a security measure not intended for your use.

Do not disclose another person's security measures, or intercept another person's computer data by electronic or any other means, in a manner likely to cause injury or that is not for public benefit.

Togo Loi n° 2018-026, accès et maintien frauduleux à un système informatique

Do not access, or remain present in, a computer system without right, including a system reached over the internet.

Tonga Computer Crimes Act 2003, unauthorised access

Do not access a computer system without lawful excuse; the offence does not require defeating a security measure, so whether reading a public, unauthenticated page falls within 'without lawful excuse' has not been tested by a Tongan court.

Do not access a computer tied to security, defence, communications, banking, public-utility, transport, or public-safety infrastructure; this carries a materially higher penalty and applies where the accused knew or ought reasonably to have known of that use.

Trinidad and Tobago Computer Misuse Act 2000, Unauthorised Access

Do not cause a computer to perform a function to secure access to a program or data knowingly and without authority; authority turns on the consent of the person entitled to control access, not on whether a technical security measure was defeated.

Tunisia Decree-Law on Cybercrime, unauthorised access

Do not access, or remain in, a computer system, in whole or in part, without authorization.

Do not exceed the limits of any access right that has been granted to you.

Turkey Turkish Penal Code, Information System Crimes

Do not enter, or continue to unlawfully remain within, the whole or part of a computer system located in Turkey without authorisation.

Turkmenistan Criminal Code, malicious programs

Do not create, use, or distribute a computer program intended to disrupt the normal operation of a computer, subscriber device, computer program, information system, or information-telecommunication network, and do not unlawfully destroy, block, reformat, or copy information protected by Turkmen law that is stored on an electronic medium or passing through such a network; a higher penalty applies where the target is a national information source, the national information system, or a critical information-communication infrastructure object.

Turkmenistan Criminal Code, unlawful access to an information system

Do not access information stored on electronic media, an information system, or an information-telecommunication network that is protected by Turkmen law, without authorization to do so, where the access substantially violates the rights of a person or the protected interests of society or the state; a higher penalty applies where the source accessed is a national information source or a critical information-communication infrastructure object.

Tuvalu Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation Act 1993, offences and penalties

Do not intercept, disclose, alter, or interfere with a message or the telecommunications apparatus carrying it, and do not operate a competing telecommunications service without the Corporation's authorisation.

United Arab Emirates Federal Decree-Law on Combating Rumours and Cybercrime, hacking offences

Do not access, or remain on, a website, information system, computer, or information network without authorization, in violation of a licence, or illegally.

United Kingdom Unauthorised Access to Computer Material

Do not cause a computer to perform a function intended to secure access to a program or data, knowing that access is unauthorised because you are not entitled to control that kind of access and do not have the consent of someone who is.

United States Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (unauthorized access and the gates-based authorization test)

Do not continue accessing a site, or circumvent a technical block, after the operator has sent an individualized notice revoking your access (Facebook v. Power Ventures, 9th Cir. 2016).

United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act, anti-circumvention provisions

Do not circumvent a technological measure that controls access to a copyrighted work in order to collect it.

United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Computer Crimes Act, unauthorized access and computer trespass

Whether or not you have authority to use or access a computer or computer network, do not do so with intent to disable or alter data or programs, cause a malfunction, effect an unauthorized transfer of funds, injure property, make an unauthorized copy of computer data, or forge e-mail header or routing information to send unsolicited bulk e-mail.

Uruguay Código Penal arts. 297 bis, 297 ter, 297 quater, 358 quater, and 358 quinquies, computer-offence provisions inserted by Ley N° 20.327

Do not access, intercept, disclose, sell, or transfer another's information held on a digital medium by computer or telematic means without authorization and without just cause.

Do not access, appropriate, use, or modify a third party's confidential data held on a digital medium without the holder's authorization, and do not disclose, reveal, or transfer such data to a third party.

Vanuatu Cybercrime Act 2021, computer-access and interference offences

Do not access the whole or part of a computer system by infringing a security measure, whether or not the underlying data is later used for crawling or training, unless entitled to access it or the owner has consented.

Do not intercept a non-public transmission of computer data to, from or within a computer system, or the electromagnetic emission of such a system, without lawful excuse.

Vatican City Unauthorised access to a protected computer or telematic system (Legge N. DXXXI, arts. 158 ter-158 quater)

Do not access, or remain connected to, a Vatican City State computer or telematic system that is protected by a security measure, without the right to do so or against the will of the party entitled to exclude you.

Venezuela Ley Especial contra los Delitos Informáticos, unauthorized access and sabotage of systems (Arts. 6-11)

Do not access, intercept, interfere with, or use a computer system without authorization or in excess of the authorization obtained.

Vietnam Law on Cybersecurity, unauthorized access prohibition

Do not illegally access a telecom network, the Internet, a computer network, an information system, or a database belonging to another person.

West Virginia West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse Act

Do not knowingly, willfully, and without authorization access or cause to be accessed a computer or computer network with intent to obtain computer services; this is a misdemeanor punishable by a $200 to $1,000 fine, up to one year in county jail, or both.

Wyoming Crimes against computer users (bare without-authorization test)

Do not access a Wyoming-connected computer, computer system, or computer network without authorization; this statute has no malicious-intent or deceptive-means gate, so a bare unauthorized access can fit its elements even without resulting damage or disruption.

Zambia Cyber Crimes Act, 2025, unauthorised access to computer system and data

Do not infringe a security measure to access or monitor a computer system, or any part of one, belonging to another person without lawful authority or in excess of authority.

Zimbabwe Cyber and Data Protection Act, Insertion of Computer-Misuse Offences into the Criminal Law Code

Do not access data, a computer programme, or a computer system if you know or suspect you must obtain prior authority to access it and have not obtained that authority.

Do not intercept a private data transmission, overcome or circumvent a protective security measure, or acquire data within or transmitted to or from a computer system without lawful authority.

Database right

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Algeria Ordonnance n° 03-05, protection des bases de données

Do not reproduce a database whose choice or arrangement of contents is an original creation without the rightsholder's authorization; Algeria has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual database is not itself protected.

Do not rely on the private-use exception for a digital-form reproduction of a database; that exception expressly excludes it.

Austria UrhG Sections 76c to 76e, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole, or a substantial part, of a database that required a substantial investment to compile, verify, or present, without the producer's authorization, per UrhG Section 76d.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of such a database where this conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests, per UrhG Section 76d.

Bahrain Copyright Law, Database Compilation Protection

An app scraping a database from a Bahraini source may freely take the underlying facts or data themselves, but copying the compiler's creative selection or arrangement of that database's contents is copyright infringement if done without authorization.

Benin Loi n°2005-30 relative à la protection du droit d'auteur et des droits voisins, exclusion des nouvelles du jour et protection des bases de données comme compilations

Treat a database compiled through the selection, coordination, or arrangement of its contents as a protected work: do not reproduce all or a substantial part of it without the rights holder's authorization, even though the underlying facts and data are not themselves protected.

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Brazil Copyright Law, Database Compilation Right

Do not reproduce, translate, adapt, reorganize, distribute, or communicate to the public a database whose selection, organization, or arrangement of content is an intellectual creation, without the rightsholder's authorization.

Burkina Faso Loi n°048-2019/AN du 12 novembre 2019 portant protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique, database and news exceptions

Treat a database compiled through the selection or arrangement of its contents as a protected work: do not reproduce all or a substantial part of it without the rights holder's authorization, even for otherwise-permitted private use.

Rely only on the Law's enumerated exceptions rather than a general fair-use or text-and-data-mining defense when quoting, analyzing, or reproducing a protected work: a short quotation or analysis, a press review, or current-events reporting, each requiring clear credit to the author and source, and none framed as covering AI training.

Burundi Law No. 1/021 of December 30, 2005 on the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights, database and facts exclusions

Treat a database compiled through the selection or arrangement of its contents as a protected work: do not reproduce all or a substantial part of it without the rights holder's authorization, even for otherwise-permitted private use.

Rely only on the Law's enumerated exceptions rather than a general fair-use or text-and-data-mining defense when quoting, analyzing, or reproducing a protected work: a quotation compatible with fair practice, a press review, or current-events reporting, each requiring source and author credit, and none framed as covering AI training.

Cameroon Loi n°2000/011 du 19 décembre 2000 relative au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins, article 4(2)(b) (protection des bases de données)

Treat a database compiled through an original selection, coordination, or arrangement of its contents as a protected composite work: do not exploit the whole or a substantial part of it by reproduction, representation, transformation, or distribution without the rights holder's authorization, even though the underlying facts and data are not themselves protected.

Costa Rica Ley sobre Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos, artículo 8, protección de bases de datos

Do not reproduce the original selection or arrangement of a Costa Rican database compilation without the rightsholder's authorization; Costa Rican law protects a database only as a compilation, so it does not by itself bar extracting the underlying data.

Czech Republic Autorský zákon Sections 88-94, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole, or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part, of a database made with a substantial investment by another person in the Czech Republic without the maker's authorization, and do not repeatedly and systematically extract insubstantial parts in a way that conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably harms the maker's legitimate interests.

Côte d'Ivoire Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act, database compilation protection

Treat a database compiled through the choice, coordination or arrangement of its contents as a protected work: do not reproduce all or a substantial part of that arrangement without the rights holder's authorization.

Denmark Ophavsretsloven Section 71, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not reproduce or make available to the public the whole, or a substantial part, of a catalogue, table, database or similar compilation resulting from a substantial investment, without the maker's authorization, for 15 years from the year it was made or first made available.

Estonia Autoriõiguse seadus (Copyright Act) Chapter VIII-1, Sui Generis Right of a Maker of a Database

Do not extract or re-utilise the whole, or a substantial part evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of a database reflecting a substantial investment by its maker, absent authorization or a statutory exception, per Copyright Act Section 75-4.

Ethiopia Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Proclamation, Database Protection

Do not reproduce a database whose selection or arrangement of contents is an original creation without the rightsholder's authorization; Ethiopia has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual database is not itself protected on that basis.

Do not rely on the personal-reproduction exception to copy the whole or a substantial part of a database in digital form; that exception does not extend to a database.

European Union Database Directive, Sui Generis Right and Lawful-User Exceptions

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole or a substantial part, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of an EU database's contents without the maker's authorization, where the maker shows a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying, or presenting that content.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of a database's contents where doing so conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the maker's legitimate interests, even where no single extraction takes a substantial part.

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France CPI Sui Generis Database Right, Producer's Right to Prohibit Extraction and Reutilization

Do not extract or reutilize a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of a French database's content without the producer's authorization, where the producer shows a substantial investment in constituting, verifying, or presenting that content.

Repeated or systematic extraction or reutilization of insubstantial parts can still infringe where it amounts, in its cumulative effect, to extracting or reutilizing a substantial part.

Gabon Loi n°1/87, protection des recueils et compilations

Do not reproduce a collection or database whose choice or arrangement of contents is an original intellectual creation without the rightsholder's authorization; Gabon has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual collection is not itself protected.

Germany Schutz des Datenbankherstellers (Sui Generis Database Right)

Do not reproduce, distribute, or publicly communicate a database, or a substantial part of it, without the database maker's authorisation.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract insubstantial parts of a database in a way that conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the maker's legitimate interests.

Guatemala Ley de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos, Decreto 33-98 (compilations, databases, and technological measures)

Do not circumvent a technological measure that controls access to a protected work, and do not manufacture, import, or traffic in a device or service designed mainly to do so.

No text-and-data-mining exception exists in Guatemalan copyright law; reproducing a protected compilation's own original selection or arrangement to build a training dataset has no statutory carve-out and needs the rightsholder's authorization or a fair-use-style limitation.

Guinea Loi portant protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique, articles 9 et 22 (bases de données)

Do not reproduce all or a substantial part of a database whose selection, coordination or arrangement of contents makes it an intellectual creation without the rightsholder's authorisation; the private-copy exception does not cover it.

Do not rely on a text-and-data-mining exception or a sui generis database right when copying Guinean databases; the law provides neither, so protection turns on the originality of the selection or arrangement alone.

Hungary Szjt. Section 84/A, Sui Generis Database Producer's Right

Obtain the database producer's consent before extracting or re-utilizing the whole or a substantial part of a database's contents, per Szjt. Section 84/A(1), where obtaining, verifying, or presenting that database's contents required substantial investment.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize even an insignificant part of such a database if doing so conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests, per Szjt. Section 84/A(3).

Iceland Höfundalög nr. 73/1972, Art. 50, Sui Generis Database Producer Right

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilise an insubstantial part of a protected Icelandic database if doing so conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests, under Höfundalög Article 50.

Do not reproduce or make available the whole or a substantial part of a protected database without the producer's authorization within the 15-year protection term.

Ireland Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilise all or a substantial part of the contents of a database in which a substantial investment (financial, human or technical) has been made in obtaining, verifying or presenting its contents, without the database right owner's authorisation (s. 321(1)-(2)).

Italy Legge sul Diritto d'Autore Artt. 102-bis and 102-ter, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole or a substantial part of a database's content without the database maker's authorization, for the fifteen years (renewable on a substantial new investment) following the database's completion or first making-available.

Latvia Autortiesību likums Chapter IX, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract (permanently or temporarily transfer to another medium) or re-utilize (make available to the public) the whole, or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part, of a database that reflects a substantial investment by its maker, absent authorization or a statutory exception, per Article 57.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of such a database in a way that conflicts with its normal use or unreasonably prejudices the maker's legitimate interests, per Article 57(4).

Liberia Liberia Intellectual Property Act, 2016, database compilation and private-copy exclusion (§§ 9.3, 9.4, 9.10)

Treat a database compiled through the selection or arrangement of its contents as a protected work; do not reproduce the whole or a substantial part of it without the rights holder's authorization, even where the reproduction would otherwise qualify as a permitted private copy.

Do not rely on a text-and-data-mining or general research exception when reproducing a protected work or database for training or analysis purposes; the Act states none.

Liechtenstein Urheberrechtsgesetz, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole, or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part, of the contents of a database whose producer made a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying, or presenting those contents, without the producer's authorization.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of such a database's contents in a manner that conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Luxembourg Loi du 18 avril 2001 sur les droits d'auteur, Sui Generis Database Right (Art. 67)

Do not extract or reuse the whole, or a substantial part evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of the contents of a database protected under this article without the producer's authorization.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or reuse insubstantial parts of a database's contents where doing so conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Mexico Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor, Database Compilation and Non-Original Database Protection (Arts. 107 to 110)

Do not reproduce, translate, adapt, reorder, distribute, or publicly communicate a protected database's selection or arrangement, or a non-original database within its 5-year exclusive-use period, without the rightsholder's authorisation.

Moldova Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Law, Sui Generis Database Right

Before extracting or re-utilizing the whole, or a substantial part, of a database a Moldovan producer made a substantial investment in compiling, obtain the producer's authorization, unless a research, private-use, security, or judicial-proceeding exception applies.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts of such a database in a way that conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Netherlands Databankenwet, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilize the whole or a substantial part of a database's contents without the producer's authorization, and do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilize insubstantial parts in a way that conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer.

Nicaragua Ley No. 312, protection of compilations and databases

Do not reproduce the whole, or an important part, of a protected compilation or database in digital form without the rights holder's authorization; the personal-use privilege does not cover it.

When reproducing a fragment of a protected work under the quotation right, limit the reproduction to what the citation, analysis, comment, or criticism justifies, and name the source and the author.

Norway Copyright Act, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or reuse all or a substantial part of a database's contents without the producer's authorisation where the database resulted from a substantial investment in collecting, checking or presenting its contents.

Do not repeatedly or systematically extract or reuse immaterial parts of such a database in a way that harms its normal use or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Paraguay Ley N° 1328/1998, art. 4, numeral 14, bases de datos como compilación

Do not rely on the personal-copying exception to justify copying a database or a compilation of data; that exception does not reach either.

Peru Decreto Legislativo 822, protection of compilations and databases

Do not rely on the personal-use copying privilege to justify copying a database or compilation of data; that privilege does not reach it.

Poland Ustawa o ochronie baz danych, Sui Generis Database Right

Get the producer's authorization before extracting or reusing a substantial part, by quality or quantity, of a protected database's contents; the right runs 15 years from the database's completion or first public availability.

Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or reuse even an insubstantial part of a database in a way that conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Portugal Sui Generis Database Right, Decreto-Lei n.º 122/2000

Do not extract or re-use, for direct or indirect commercial purposes, a substantial part of a database protected by Portugal's sui generis database right or database copyright without the maker's or author's authorization.

Russia Civil Code Part IV, Database Maker's Exclusive Right

Do not extract materials from a database that required substantial financial, material, or organizational outlay to create, or reuse those materials, without the rightholder's permission, where the database is Russian-made or otherwise covered by Civil Code Article 1336; a database of at least 10,000 independent elements is presumed to meet the substantial-outlay threshold, and extraction covers transferring its whole content or a substantial part onto another medium by any technical means, which reaches automated bulk scraping.

Sao Tome and Principe Decreto-Lei n.º 02/2017, protecção de compilações e exclusão das notícias do dia

Do not reproduce a compilation, anthology, or systematic collection whose choice or arrangement of contents is itself an intellectual creation, without the rightsholder's authorization; Sao Tome and Principe has no sui generis database right, so an unoriginal, purely factual collection of data is not itself protected against reproduction.

Serbia Law on Copyright and Related Rights, Right of the Database Producer

Do not extract or re-utilise the whole or a substantial part, in quantitative or qualitative terms, of a database's contents without the database producer's authorisation.

Do not systematically extract or re-utilise insubstantial parts of a database's contents where doing so conflicts with the database's normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests.

Spain TRLPI Articles 133 to 137, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or reuse the whole, or a substantial part evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively, of a database that reflects a substantial investment by its maker, absent authorization or a statutory exception, per TRLPI Article 133.

Sweden Upphovsrättslagen 49 §, Sui Generis Database Right (Katalogskydd)

Do not extract or make copies of a substantial part of a database compiled by, or resulting from a substantial investment of, a person or business connected to Sweden without authorization, for fifteen years from the database's completion.

Turkey Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works, Database Producer Right

Do not transfer a substantial part or all of the content of a database that reflects a substantial investment by its producer to another medium, or distribute, sell, rent, or communicate that content to the public, without the database producer's permission, for fifteen years from the database's disclosure.

Ukraine Copyright Law, Sui Generis Database Right

Do not extract or re-utilise, without the database maker's authorization, the whole or a substantial part of the contents of a database whose maker made a qualitatively or quantitatively significant investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting those contents.

Venezuela Ley sobre el Derecho de Autor, compilations and databases (Art. 3)

Providing public access to a database of protected works over a telecommunication network requires the rightholder's authorization.

Personal data

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Colombia Código Penal, Violación de Datos Personales

Do not obtain, compile, extract, or use personal data contained in a file, archive, or database without the controller's authorization, even for data found on a public web page.

Grenada Data Protection Act, No. 1 of 2023, application to processing of personal data from a date not yet set

Once in force, establish a lawful basis, ordinarily the data subject's consent, before collecting or processing personal data from Grenada, including through crawling or scraping.

Indonesia Personal Data Protection Law, scraped personal data

Have a lawful basis under Article 20 before collecting or otherwise processing the personal data of an individual in Indonesia, including data collected from a public website; the Act carries no basis keyed to the data already being public.

Moldova Personal Data Protection Law, Reach Over Scraped Public Personal Data

A scraper collecting the personal data of a person in Moldova from a public, unauthenticated page must still establish an art. 6 lawful basis, such as consent or a legitimate interest that respects the person's rights, for the collection and any later use, including training a model.

Oman Personal Data Protection Law, reach over scraped public personal data

A scraper collecting the personal data of an individual in Oman from a public page must confirm the data was made public in a manner not contrary to the Personal Data Protection Law before treating it as outside the Law's scope under Art. 3(j); a biometric identifier such as a faceprint or voiceprint derived from publicly posted photographs, video, or audio requires a Ministry permit under Art. 5 regardless of the recording's public availability.

Philippines Data Privacy Act of 2012, Application to Scraped Public Personal Data

An app scraping the publicly available personal data of an individual in the Philippines must still identify a lawful basis for processing that data under the Data Privacy Act; the data's public availability does not by itself supply the data subject's consent or any other lawful basis.

Rhode Island Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act, publicly available information exemption

Do not treat personal data scraped from an aggregator, people-search site, or re-hosted directory as publicly available under RIDTPPA; the exemption has no prong for a third party's unrestricted disclosure of someone else's data.

Tanzania Personal Data Protection Act, 2022, application to processing of personal data

Register with the Personal Data Protection Commission and have a lawful basis before collecting or processing personal data through a crawler or data pipeline, whether or not the data was publicly accessible online.

Uzbekistan Law on Personal Data, publicly available personal data

An app scraping personal data from a publicly accessible Uzbek source must still meet the Law on Personal Data's general lawful-basis and consent requirements unless the data qualifies as publicly available personal data under Art. 29, meaning data the subject has made freely accessible or that is not subject to a confidentiality requirement.

Unfair competition

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China Anti-Unfair Competition Law, 2025 revision, Article 13 (data scraping and technical circumvention clause)

Do not obtain or use data lawfully held by another business operator by fraud, coercion, or by evading or destroying that operator's technical access controls.

Iran Electronic Commerce Law, Trade Secrets Chapter

Do not illegally acquire, or disclose to a third party, a trade or economic secret in an electronic environment.

South Korea Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act, Art. 2(1) items ka and pa (data misappropriation and general catch-all)

Do not acquire data by theft, fraud, unauthorized access, or other wrongful means, or use or disclose data acquired that way.

Do not use, disclose, or provide to a third party, beyond a contractual access limit and for wrongful profit or to harm the data holder, data you accessed under that limit.

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Switzerland Unfair Competition Act, Exploitation of Another Person's Market-Ready Work Product

Do not take over and exploit, through a technical reproduction process, another person's market-ready work product without a reasonable effort of your own.

AI training data

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European Union AI Act, Article 53 (obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models)

Adopt and follow a copyright policy that respects TDM opt-outs

Kazakhstan Law on Artificial Intelligence, copyright and training data

Do not train an AI model on a published work if the author or rightsholder has posted a prohibition against it in machine-readable form.

AI prohibited practices

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Vietnam Law on Artificial Intelligence, prohibited practices

Do not collect, process, or use data to develop, train, test, or operate an AI system in violation of Vietnam's data, personal data protection, intellectual property, or cybersecurity law.

Contract terms of service (ToS)

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Saudi Arabia Copyright Law (2026), licence terms for software, applications and databases

Follow the licence terms that accompany software, applications and databases in Saudi Arabia, including terms that appear electronically on download, installation or use; a user who agrees to them is bound unless they are contrary to public order or morals.

Crawl signals

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California AI Training Data Transparency Act (AB 2013)

State whether those datasets include copyrighted, trademarked, or patented data, and whether they include personal information.

Full text of the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, public domain (a US government work). Every control of the framework.