cyberstalking

• 3.4 million stalked in U.S. over 1 year (Department of Justice)

Approximately 1 in 4 stalking victims reported some form of cyberstalking such as e-mail (83%) or instant messaging (35%).

• 2 star Yelp review sparks business owner to stalk reviewer offline after making online insults

Tips for those experiencing cyberstalking

• Google Alerts
  • Create a Google Alert for your full name and all email addresses you own. This way you will be notified whenever anyone posts your personal information that gets indexed by Google.
• Twitter Search
  • Search for your full name and username. Tweets that have been deleted by users will remain on Twitter Search for at least a couple days.