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| Question re Corp Laptop and stolen email | 10/12/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I was recently arrested and charged with Domestic Violence - Menacing in the state of Ohio. I was ...
A: In Ohio, she is guilty of the following: 2913.04 (B)(F)(1)(2) (a felony) Read below.. I have left ...
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| E-mail password change | 10/9/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: This is a little convoluted, but here goes. My ex-boyfriend did not know my Yahoo password (I don't ...
A: Jamie, Unfortunately without a subpoena or court order, you will have a difficult time having Yahoo ...
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| EMAIL | 10/8/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: WHAT IS KANSAS LAW ON HACKING AM EMAIL ACCOUNT AND IS THERE ANY COURT CASES FOR THIS. AND WHAT IS ...
A: You can find information at these locations: From a criminal perspective, you can see ...
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| Site content | 10/1/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I'm wondering if I could copy/take a content or specific information from some dating site in the ...
A: Generally, any content or information you copy from another website would constitute copyright ...
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| email hacking | 9/28/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I was recently fired from my employer. I knew that I was going to get fired as I know there ...
A: If you ever accessed your yahoo account from your office computer, which it sounds like you did, ...
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| My Space/Facebook | 9/22/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have a 14 year old son who uses the computer to communicate with friends using Facebook and My ...
A: You and millions of other parents want to know these things!! Good for you. You want to get a ...
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| Computer emails with former partners | 9/18/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have a unique situation. I have a former business partner who was also a love interest whom I ...
A: Sorry for the delay in answering you but I wanted to talk to a friend of mine who is a member of ...
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| harassment & threats via email | 9/12/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: i wonder if you can please help me. i need to know my rights. i am being harassed via enail since ...
A: It all depends on what state you live in. If your in Fla, the answer is yes and you need to contact ...
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| personal email obtained by employer | 9/12/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: i work in a medical lab and was required to participate in a phone conference call tonight with ...
A: I am sorry these things are happening to you. If you think that anyopne has gained unauthorized ...
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| Fan Club Message Boards | 9/10/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: my question is about the use of private messaging on a fan club forum. A friend of mine was recently ...
A: Without reading the terms of use, as well as the privacy policy (if any), it is difficult to give ...
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| computer laws | 9/7/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: what can you do about someone posting pictures of you on the web without your permission?
A: Well it really all depends on the type of pictures and what they are used for. Example, if they are ...
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| Internet Business and valuable domain | 9/4/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I entered an agreement with a company to develop a website business a few years back. In return for ...
A: Mark, Was the agreement you had a written one? If so, and assuming the other company is amenable ...
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| Internet and defamation | 8/28/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: My husband and I recently experienced we wish we had not. My younger daighter and her boyfriend, who ...
A: I am sorry you are having all these problems. Well as much as you would like to, you can not press ...
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| Personal Archives | 8/27/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: quick question for you, I hope you can help. I have a blog. It's my personal blog, for my personal ...
A: Clint, Copyrighted material cannot be reproduced or copied by third parties without the express ...
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| Hacking e-mail | 8/27/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have an account that I am the owner of and set the account up for a friend to use. She has my ...
A: Internet/ Computer crime can be filed at either the victims or suspects location so either is OK to ...
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| E-Mail Laws, Harassment, Spam | 8/24/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I was curious about E-Mail laws. I was posting a personal classified on "Craigslist" in the post is ...
A: To respond to the first part of your question, just because you characterize a communication as ...
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| Employer logged into my personal email | 8/24/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: While I wasn't at work my employer had the company's IT guy go through my computer to see what I've ...
A: FSS 815.06 as you say has to do with unauthorized access to computer systems (including e-mail ...
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| Break in to web account | 8/20/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have a personal account with a company that produces photos that a customer uploads (Shutterfly). ...
A: Here is your states computer access law: 609.891 UNAUTHORIZED COMPUTER ACCESS. Subdivision 1. ...
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| Break in to web account | 8/19/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have a personal account with a company that produces photos that a customer uploads (Shutterfly). ...
A: In every state I have ever taught computer crime in and most I have researched, this is against the ...
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| Unauthorized access to email by husband | 8/12/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I have 2 questions for you and I was hoping you could shed some light on the matter for me. (Also, I ...
A: In Florida it is illegal for anyone other than the authorized user to access anyone elses computer, ...
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| federal | 8/10/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: if someone physically sits at your PC without authorization, accesses files and emails them to ...
A: There is no Federal Code that covers what you gave. Plus the Feds would never take a case like that ...
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| federal or IL law | 8/9/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: if someone physically sits at your PC without authorization, accesses files and emails them to ...
A: Its against the law in every state I have ever checked. Here is IL law: COMPUTER CRIME PREVENTION ...
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| help ive been hacked!!! | 8/9/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: i have been hacked and so has my friend we think it is somebody who knows us due to the fact of my ...
A: I am not familiar with the laws of the UK regarding unauthorized computer access, so I cannot ...
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| Email harassment | 8/8/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I live in GA. I have read all the posts regarding email hacking. Here is my situation. This has ...
A: From what you write you are actually very lucky. The detective that you have is actually doing more ...
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| unauthorized access to yahoo email | 8/7/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: My yahoo email account has been hacked into multiple times invading my privacy and compromising ...
A: It just so happens I teach Computer Crime Investigation at the Connecticut police academy about once ...
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| porno business in texas | 7/31/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: my question is this. With the laws being what they are in Texas, can a person actually have a porno ...
A: You are asking for specific legal advice which I cannot provide over these boards. As I often say ...
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| porno business in texas | 7/29/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: my question is this. With the laws being what they are in Texas, can a person actually have a porno ...
A: The only state in the U.S. which affirmatively permits the production of pornography is California. ...
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| email rights | 7/29/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: Dan, Recently it has come to my attention that someone is gaining personal information about me ...
A: A. Most state laws have laws prohibiting unauthorized computer access. The answer depends, in ...
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| unauthorized email access (web based, personal) | 7/28/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: Pepper, Thank you for taking the time to help me here. This is a somewhat complicated and long ...
A: Each state has laws regarding computer crimes and unauthorized access to other persons' computers. ...
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| Ohio hacking laws | 7/22/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I was recently fired from a company based in Cleveland. I then went to Ireland to work for another ...
A: Shane, this is a pretty complex situation. Here are some resources to check out: Federal computer ...
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| matrix site help | 7/17/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: Ok here it goes, im a college student and i had seen these matrix sites, or ladder sites or whatever ...
A: To my knowledge, there are no laws specifically naming matrix schemes as illegal. The URL you sent ...
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| Internert Pornographic Material | 7/16/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Is it illegal to view pornographic material of two consenting adults on the internet in Texas? ...
A: You have hit on the one thing that drives us cops crazy. The laws are vague and sometimes written ...
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| PA law regulating Computer Forensic Examiners | 7/13/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Cmdr., There has been news of late that states (TX, SC, and others) are requiring CFCE's to hold a ...
A: There has been quite a lot of chatter on the Computer Forensics forum boards about this subject ...
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| E-mail rights | 7/8/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I quit my job last week. I had asked in my leeter of resignation that my company e-mail account be ...
A: With certain exceptions, your employer is free to access and manage, as it sees fit, your work email ...
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| Follow up to the 6/21/08 question | 7/7/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I found the issues raised by the 6/21/08 question very interesting. (In that case, an attorney had ...
A: In reference to your question about yahoo, they are required to respond to a subpoena, even if its ...
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| Hacking | 7/4/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: The guy I'm seeing for 6 months, an IT specialist, admittedly hacked into my cellphone provider's ...
A: This would appear to be a violation of the Tennessee computer crime laws indicated here: ...
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| Account Hacked | 6/30/2008 | Dan Pepper |
Q: I have a work email account that by boss linked to my personal account. A few months after I quit, ...
A: This is a complex situation, as employers typically have full access rights to employees' work ...
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| Computer law | 6/21/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Fist...welcome back from your vacation! Back on April 29 you answered questions involving my son's ...
A: The problem you have encountered is the one that frustrates those of us that do computer crime ...
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| email fraud | 5/9/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: Is it considered a crime if I got into and email account I started and then proceeded to cancel ...
A: You have to be the "owner" of the e-mail to be able to cancel it. If you are, then even though ...
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| Soon to be ex and her father steal my credit reports monthly | 5/8/2008 | Commander Chris Wagoner |
Q: I am concluding a divorce settlement. I pulled my credit reports to see if anything unexpected ...
A: Hey Daniel, What they did is considered a crime in many states and may even meet the Federal ...
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