Gunther wanted to find out the number of cases of tuberculosis in the northeast to include in the marketing brochure for his company's new pharmaceutical. He was previously an intern at the Center for Disease Control and knew some of the passwords for the system containing the information, though he never had been granted access himself. If Gunther uses the passwords to access the data and includes it in the brochure, has he committed a crime?

In many countries, there are a number of different business laws according to which it is an offence to access data without permission. Even if the password is known, we cannot take data from a source and publish it anywhere without the permission of the higher authorities. In many countries, using such a data can be considered a serious crime. The result of such a crime can result in heavy penalties for the culprit.