Criminal
Apr. 20, 2010
Stalking: From the Workplace to Cyberspace
Wendy Patrick of the San Diego District Attorney's Office says technology now allows a crafty cyber stalker to acquire personal information about you without revealing his or her identity.
Wendy L. Patrick
Wendy is a California lawyer, past chair and advisor of the California State Bar Ethics Committee (Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct), and past chair of the San Diego County Bar Association Legal Ethics Committee. Any opinions expressed here are her own, and do not reflect that of her employer. This article does not constitute legal advice.
When a modern employee sits down at her desk in the morning and turns on her computer, her home page may come up as anything from Google, to the Wall Street Journal, to her Facebook home page. If she is not discreet in selecting her Facebook "friends," she may be unwittingly inviting trouble. For a stalker, what better way to gain access to private information about someone they are interested in then sending a "friend" request? Some people are notorious for accepting all friend r...
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