For the people who skipped the article and assumed that the case was about some stupid office policy:<p>&gt; Valle was also charged with violating the CFAA for accessing a police database to look up information about people without a valid law enforcement purpose, in violation of NYPD policy.<p>This is not a typical &quot;employer policy&quot;. This a policy about access to sensitive private data that is only available to the government. Wouldn&#x27;t you want improper access to such data punished?