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My employee deleted all of her work emails and quit. Can I sue her for that?
Well, sure, you can.
But winning that case — especially if you’re thinking about a claim under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — may be another story.
The CFAA is designed to prevent unauthorized access or malicious interference with a computer system. Often used as an employer-sword, to state a claim for a violation of the CFAA, a company must prove that an employee actually caused damage to its computer system or data. The CFAA defines “damage” as “any impairment to the integrity or availability of data, a program, a system, or information.”