CYBER STALKING

Topic

CYBERSTALKING

By: Raveen Sandhu & Tina Lall

Resources

• www.womanissues.about.com
• apc.ord/en/pubs/issue/how-avoid-becoming-cyber-stalking-victim
• informationweek.com/tips-to-avoid-cyberstalking/d/d-id/1026875?
• crimeresearch.org
• http://ca.norton.com/cyberstalking/article
• http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/cyberstalking
• http://www.stopthegrbullies.com/learn-more/dos-and-donts-for-victims/
• http://www.stopthegrbullies.com/learn-more/dos-and-donts-for-victims/

Why is being aware of Cyberstalking important?

Statistics & Facts

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• This can cause personal information from getting leaked out on social media
• Can get dangerous - can turn into serial killer, child molester, psychotic individual
• This can hurt you financially
• Cyberstalking is a form of social terrorism

• 20% of stalkers keep tabs on their victim.
• 34% of female college students and 14% of male students have broken into a romantic partners email.
• 40% of women have experienced dating violence delivered electronically, including harassing text messages and disturbing information about them posted on social media.

What is Cyberstalking?

Did you know Cyberstalking under the criminal code section in Canada?

This is a crime in which an individual harasses a victim through e-mail, instant messages, phone calls & other communication devices to stalk.

Signs that you are being Cyber Stalked

• Cyber stalking is a cn be prosecuted as a criminal harassment under Criminal Code section 264(1)

• Includes a subsection prohibiting: "repeatedly communicating with,either directly or indirectly, the other person or anyone known to them/.

• When you see the make person constantly lurking around your work place or neighborhood
• Someone always watching you from a distance
• When you are receiving inappropriate gifts
• The same person "rescuing" you to "help" when you have a flat tire or other for other incidents
• Using internet to follow you

Cyberstalking prevention

• Try not to share personal information.
• Use an alternative email account for social media
• Always check your privacy settings.
• Regularly search your name on the internet, this allows you to see what information people are saying about you.

Cyberstalking Scenario

Do's and Don't's for victim

Don't

• Panic
• Respond
• Engage with them
• Don't start talking back by writing paragraphs

Working Online to Halt Abuse

(WHOA)

• Business man stalked his ex girlfriend
• Used GPS tracking device on a cell phone purchased a Nextel phone device that has a motion switch
• When it turns on, transmits a signal every minute to GPS satellite
• He would go log on to a website to monitor her location

Do

• Ignore
• Document everything
• Take screen shots
• Flag their comment
• Block them
• Report them to the authorities
• Speak out about the situation in private or at a support group