| Subject | Date Asked |
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| email password prank | 9/5/2009 |
Q: I think my step brother recently changed my yahoo email password. I know the password was changed, ...
A: This sort of action would be based upon your particular state's laws in this area, however my sense ...
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| cyber-stalking | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I have found out that my father's wife has been trolling my blog, copying it and sending out copies ...
A: I'm not sure that copying and sending information that you've posted constitutes any form of ...
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| Email hacking | 6/28/2009 |
Q: Without my knowledge or permission my husband hacked into my email and changed my email password and ...
A: Whether your rights of privacy have been violated is a question of state law, and depends upon what ...
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| E-Mail Monitoring | 6/25/2009 |
Q: A Company has a written policy that only the Company can monitor their employees e-mail accounts to ...
A: The lack of a written agreement isn't definitive; the managers may be working as independent ...
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| Employer's IT manager allowed a new employee access to my computer while I was on vacation | 6/22/2009 |
Q: I am livid about this. I maintain a single personal file on my company computer for ready access in ...
A: Anything you maintain on your company's computer equipment, including laptops, are accessible by ...
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| email hacked by boss | 6/8/2009 |
Q: My boss has hacked into my email account through the company computer. He also called other ...
A: It may depend on how your boss "hacked" into your computer; i.e., was your password available on ...
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| email hacked by boss | 6/5/2009 |
Q: My boss has hacked into my email account through the company computer. He also called other ...
A: Is this a company email account that your boss accessed? In general, most states view a corporate ...
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| Computer tampering by public school officials | 5/6/2009 |
Q: What FEDERAL laws--particularly dealing with computer tampering--apply to the situation where public ...
A: You can view the federal laws here: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cclaws.html. However, ...
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| impersonation via email | 5/4/2009 |
Q: I have a friend who had a relationship with a girl which recently ended poorly. During their time ...
A: Ginger, Although your answer may depend upon your state's applicable law, my sense is that there ...
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| Internet invasion | 4/10/2009 |
Q: I work for a small company that has only 5 employees. I have just found out the owner of the company ...
A: Kawana, Was this hard drive a company-owned asset, or did you purchase it yourself? If it is the ...
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| Ex employer requesting for laptop Password. Is it ok to provide ? | 3/31/2009 |
Q: I resigned from a company few days back and returned all their assets including their laptop. I was ...
A: Niru, To a certain extent, the answer will depend upon your (and your ex-employer's) state of ...
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| defamation of character | 3/26/2009 |
Q: i am living in Florida. i have lived at my address for five years. i have three children. my ...
A: Defamation is communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be ...
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| Liability | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I was thinking about starting a community web site where people would be able to make up funny ...
A: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act) Section 230(c)(1) provides immunity from liability ...
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| affiliate markrting adult web businesses in Texas | 3/10/2009 |
Q: Is it legal for me to afilliate market adult sites and material on my website? I am in Trinity, ...
A: David, Unfortunately, the answer depends heavily upon the nature of the material on your website. ...
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| unauthorized account entry | 3/4/2009 |
Q: I have an ebay account created 2 years ago which I never used and almost forgot about it. ...
A: There is no way to guarantee that unauthorized access to any online account will never happen. It ...
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| BUSINESS OWNERSHIP | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I never registered my business's domain name, now someone else owns it. Can I legally have them ...
A: You would need to follow The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), which is a ...
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| email privacy | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I think my wife who moved out recently has my pass word and is looking at my emails. What is the ...
A: Dick, I do not know what Washington State's criminal laws would be on this matter, but unless your ...
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| Cook County Law - Accessing Wifes E-mail | 2/3/2009 |
Q: Is it illegal in Illinois, County of Cook to access your wife's e-mail and view them? I am in the ...
A: In my opinion your wife does not have a reasonable expectation of privacy with her emails if you ...
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| Email infringment? | 2/2/2009 |
Q: My co-worker who had the authority to audit the company e-mail account of a worker who was recently ...
A: Paul, In nearly every case, your employer has has the right to audit any email that you send or ...
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| what are the laws in PA re:cyber harrassment? | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I have a myspace acct (that I keep private). Since meeting my b/f in 2007 his EX-wife & her sister ...
A: Although it may not be the most convenient thing to do, changing your Myspace and email accounts is ...
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| Harassing Emails | 12/20/2008 |
Q: What is Georgia law regarding cyber harassment? I recently began receiving e-mail from a woman ...
A: Cassandry, Here is a link to the Georgia computer crime law, however it does not directly address ...
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| Email fraud | 12/12/2008 |
Q: My co-worker accessed another co-workers email account and repled to a personal email I had sent ...
A: Cynthia, I assume you have some evidence that this co-worker improperly accessed the other ...
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| E-mails | 12/3/2008 |
Q: I was told by a man that he seen my e-mails. We live together, I have never given him my password ...
A: Unfortunately this is not a black and white issue. The crux of it comes down whether you had an ...
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| KEYSTROKE PROGRAM | 12/2/2008 |
Q: You answered the following question for a poster about the Michigan Law regarding the keystroke ...
A: Toni, Unfortunately this is not a black and white issue. The crux of it comes down whether you had ...
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| authorized access | 12/2/2008 |
Q: My employer prohibits "using... access codes, or information for which you are not authorized; ...
A: If you were given the password and you used it without authorization (which may not come from this ...
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| password written on paper | 11/30/2008 |
Q: my now ex boyfriend wrote his passwords down on a piece of paper and previously gave me access to ...
A: Most law enforcement will not consider prosecuting based on simple allegations alone - there would ...
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| internal work email - personnel confidentiality | 11/23/2008 |
Q: My company's human resources department shares confidential personnel information via email and this ...
A: Although many states have laws and regulations about the protection and disclosure of personal ...
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| help locating records of who broke into an email account | 11/10/2008 |
Q: Yesterday my wife got a text message from her ex husband telling her that his email had been ...
A: Marcus, You would not be able to get any logs or other records from Microsoft without a court ...
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| Undesirable IT Applications | 11/9/2008 |
Q: My nephew is an IT student who wants to use the Internet to complete his assignments. He is assigned ...
A: In addition to the federal CAN-SPAM Act, there are several state laws that regular unsolicited ...
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| Yahoo | 11/6/2008 |
Q: My friends and I are debating about this, "In 2001, Yahoo! expanded its online store for adult ...
A: John, These are some pretty heady concepts which can be debated at length (which I won't here). ...
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| Snooping on spouse's email in Illinois | 10/27/2008 |
Q: Dan... In late 2006, my ex-wife was snooping through my email messages (I'm not sure exactly how ...
A: Dave, unfortunately this is not a black and white issue. The crux of it comes down whether you had ...
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| ISP assigning a 192.168.xx.xx IP address as a gateway and static IP | 10/20/2008 |
Q: Sir, I have been an IT professional for over 25 years. I am currently an IT Security Manager for a ...
A: Steve, This type of technology is becoming increasingly popular in rural areas where traditional ...
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| E-mail password change | 10/9/2008 |
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 |
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 |
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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| Fan Club Message Boards | 9/10/2008 |
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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| Internet Business and valuable domain | 9/4/2008 |
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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| Personal Archives | 8/27/2008 |
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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| E-Mail Laws, Harassment, Spam | 8/24/2008 |
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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| help ive been hacked!!! | 8/9/2008 |
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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| porno business in texas | 7/31/2008 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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| E-mail rights | 7/8/2008 |
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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| Hacking | 7/4/2008 |
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 |
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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