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Cyber Stalking Victims May Know Their Offenders

By Ed Opperman Not every victim of cyber stalking is accosted by a stranger. In a surprisingly large number of cases the person being victimized may know the person who is harassing them. Many times this unwanted attention may seem harmless enough but...

Cyber Stalking Can Happen to Anyone

By Ed Opperman Many people think that they are exempt from cyber stalking. The fact of the matter is that anyone can become the target of online stalkers or predators. Stalking can come in many forms and is not necessarily always threatening or dangerous....

Internet Investigations Can Give Cyber Stalking Victims Peace of Mind

By Ed Opperman With the advancement of technology will also generally be followed with a lot more problems that can occur. In the world of computers and the internet, one problem that is becoming increasingly more common is cyber stalking. This problem...

Protect Your Internet Experience and AOL Mail From Cyber Stalkers

By Ed Opperman The World Wide Web is a fantastic tool for individuals to research and learn about an endless number of subjects, as there are many different websites that you can browse through that have some very informative information. It is also...

Cyber Stalking Should Not Go Unpunished

By Ed Opperman Anytime you turn on your computer and go online you face the possibility of encountering a case of cyber stalking. The important thing is to take action against the person as soon as intimidation begins. Internet stalking has become quite...

Cyber Stalkers Often Escalate to Sexual Predators

By Ed Opperman Many individuals do not take cyber stalkers seriously because they do not consider this problem to be very serious. After all what can a person do to you through words on a computer screen? Because of this belief many of these individuals...

Cyber Stalkers and MySpace - Caution is Essential to Safety

By Ed Opperman MySpace is quickly becoming one of the most widely used websites for staying in touch with family and friends. The reason for this is because it is so effective at doing just that. Another reason it is so popular is because it is considered...

Don't Just Ignore Cyber Stalkers When You Can Do Something About it!

By Ed Opperman Most people that browse the Internet do so with the idea in mind that it is a safe place to learn and explore, to meet people, to have fun, to work, and to take part in a countless number of other things without the worry of any of the...

The Fear of Being the Victim of a Cyber Stalker

By Ed Opperman According to the safety organization known as WHOA or Working to Halt Online Abuse, the number of individuals confronted by a cyber stalker has steadily increased over the last few years. In 2009 statistics reported that there was a 7%...

Cyber Stalkers Can Be Identified and Prosecuted

By Ed Opperman Many cyber stalkers believe that because they are in cyber space that they are undetectable and unstoppable. This is not only a fool hearty way of thinking, it is also hugely inaccurate. Just because a person may not be able to be seen...

Cyber Stalking Victims Are Real People With Real Feelings

By Ed Opperman Many people that engage in cyber stalking, do so because they feel the people that they are terrorizing are just names on a computer screen. The truth of the matter is that these individuals are real people with real feelings that are...

Cyber Stalkers Can Be Identified and Prosecuted

Reasons Why a Cyber Stalker Chooses to Terrorize Individuals Online

By Ed Opperman There is a wide variety of reasons why a cyber stalker may choose the Internet as the source of various types of intimidation. In the majority of cases the main reason for this involves the particular offender's lack of self esteem or...

Being a Cyber Stalking Target Can Strike Fear in Even the Strongest People

By Ed Opperman While it may be true that many individuals do not scare very easily, there are instances when even these people become frightened when they are faced with the problem of cyber stalking. This occurrence is an issue that can affect many...

Anyone Can Become the Victim of a Cyber Stalker

By Ed Opperman A cyber stalker will often target individuals that they feel are vulnerable or powerless to do anything about their unwanted advances. This however does not mean that these are the only people who may be faced with this type of problem....

When Cyber Harassment Becomes Libel Or Slander, It Can Get Ugly

By Linda Danaher Cyber harassment is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to harass an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization. Libel is a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation. It is malicious...

Does the Fifth Amendment Preclude Providing Your Password?

By Darren Chaker When confronted with this issue, courts have analogized electronic storage devices to closed containers, and have reasoned that accessing the information stored within an electronic storage device is akin to opening a closed container....

Social Networking and TMI - Common Legal Mistakes People Make

By Michael WechslerOver 100 million people use popular social networking and microblogging sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Every day members are having so much fun sharing their personal lives with their fans aka "followers" or with their "friends",...

The Law and Cyber Stalking

By Joel DreherThere is a new crime that is occurring more and more with the expansion of the Internet. People will use the Internet for a variety of avenues, however, excessive stalking now constitutes a new crime that is punishable by jail time according...

Common Legal Penalties For Computer Crimes

By Wes Hagan Computer technology is becoming increasingly more advanced and there is a lot of money to be made surrounding it. Where there is more money to be made, there is more criminal activity, punishable by law. The Information Act of 2000 states...

Civil Rights - Equality Amongst Citizens

By Simon Waker Haughtone The rights of a person or an individual by the virtue of being a citizen, to take part in political as well as civil life of the state without any sort of prejudice or subjugation is known as Civil Rights. It also protects the...

Key Legal Points For Websites

By Maria Anassutzi Companies wishing to create or re-vamp their websites must, first of all decide and then agree how the websites should be designed and developed. This should be specified in a website design and development agreement which will ensure...

What Do You Know About the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)?

By Sami Hartsfield The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership amongst the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) dedicated to receiving, developing,...

How to Protect My Online Reputation - An Easy Guide

By Yair CohenA 60 years old English entrepreneur who spent his entire working life building up his reputation as a serious, noticeable business man has woken up one morning to find himself staring at his computer screen with disbelief. A life-long customer...

Litigation Support - What's Involved With Computer Forensics?

By Ken E Adams Some litigation support services offer computer forensics as a service to law firms. This field is growing as businesses and consumers alike conduct business and personal transactions on computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices....

How the FDA Causes Grief to Web Marketers and What You Can Do to Save Yourself

By Jack CampitelliThe FDA's charter calls for it to protect us from bad pharmaceuticals and bad medicine. In fact it also protects us from good healing medicine and good alternative medicine.The FDA is not playing games. I know way too many people personally...

Received a Complaint From the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) About Your Domain Name?

By Stephen H. Sturgeon, Esq.If you have received a UDRP domain name dispute complaint from the National Arbitration forum either by mail or by email, you should respond to it as soon as possible. Otherwise, you may lose your domain name. The acronym...

Online Alliances - Why Exclusivity Is A Critical Component

By Richard Chapo Joining up with other parties to pursue internet projects is pretty much the norm on the web. Indeed, this is exactly what general affiliate agreements are all about. While general affiliate programs are open to everyone, what about...

Online Alliances - Protecting Yourself

By Richard Chapo They say we live in a rat race these days given the number of things that have to be done every day and the speed they need to be accomplished in. Well, if the brick and mortar world is the rat race, the online world is the rat race...

Domain Name Cease & Desist Letters - What Do They Look Like?

By Stephen H. Sturgeon, Esq.You may have received an email or a letter demanding that you turn over your domain name to the person who wrote the letter. You may be wondering what it is and how you can find out how to handle it. Although the letter or...

Received a Complaint From the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) About Your Domain Name

By Stephen H. Sturgeon, Esq.If you have received a UDRP domain name dispute complaint from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) either by mail or by email, you should respond to it as soon as possible. Otherwise, you may lose your domain...

Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act - Felonies and Misdemeanors

By Todd Going The words "computer crime" generally conjures one of two ideas: high-tech espionage or child pornography. However, in Oklahoma these take on a much broader approach. From online solicitation of a minor and other internet sex crimes to hacking...

Cyber Crime & Cyber Bullying - The New Online Danger

By Sol Neuhardt Crime has a new face - online abuse, in today's times. The worst part - it's invisible. Maria Gromakova, a blogger from St. Petersburg, Russia, experienced it first hand when her blog became the target for Russian radical nationalists,...

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