if (not authorized && access system) { // unauthorized access = crime } else (if authorized && access system && access data && (auth

if (not authorized && access system) { // unauthorized access = crime } else (if authorized && access system && access data && (authorized to access data && only under certain circumstances)) { // FBI/prosecution said = crime // SCOTUS said if authorized to access, but not in circumstances, // then ! crime under CFAA but may be crime under other laws } Basically, it comes down to that the system let the user access the data, but their conditions of use where that they were only allowed to do it under certain situations (in this case, as a cop, when involved in a traffic stop, or some other activity). The prosecution tried to say that this was a crime under CFAA, SCOTUS said that if the user is allowed to access the data, then it's not a breach of CFAA to do so.