That Govern Stalkers Cyberstalking Privacy Cookies Cyberstalking Cases Preventing Cyberstalking Conclusion Introduction Privacy on the Internet warrants as much protection in cyberspace as stalking in the real world. The success of a media that connects 60 million people on a daily basis suggests that the users follow rules to ensure privacy. Stalking in the real world is a crime in at least 48 states and the District of Columbia. Unwanted contact by a person repeatedly seeking to do harm to another person impairs the performance of daily life activities. All states except Maine have enacted anti-stalking laws.
Many states have both criminal and civil anti-stalking laws.
The report continues with existing laws that the federal government authorized, law enforcement agencies to develop programs to reduce stalking. California, Indiana, West Virginia, and Canada have comprehensive anti-stalking statues to protect stalking victims. In Canada, you need not prove your stalker meant to scare you, only prove with reasonable doubt that you were scared. Many states include a provision that the behavior must occur on two or more occasions. In other states, a single occurrence is sufficient to satisfy the criteria for stalking.