US Supreme Court & Data Privacy. Employers & Unauthorized Access

In Van Buren v. U.S. the question is whether unauthorized use of a law enforcement database by a law enforcement officer, who was authorized to the use the database, but not for this search, is that sanctionable?

Why does this matter? Did you ever check your realreal bids at the office? Or run a quick search for why your eye is twitching? Hello unauthorized use.

Where does this get even grayer? Researchers and journalists often use fake accounts for research purposes.

What has Alito said? ” including this unauthorized use could loop in a lot of others that are innocuous

Protocol | Van Buren v. United States: The SCOTUS case splitting the privacy world in two