California.
Hi, I was friend with a certain someone for about 9 months, and about a week ago he decided to hate everyone around him, including me. Today, I log into both of my email accounts and notice that I have been signed up for a large amount of newletters. I know he has my email address saved into his computer because of the history drop-down menus when typing into a field. In one of these emails it states the IP address of the person who signed me up. This IP is coming from the same apartment complex I live in (we are provided high-speed internet with our rent, so all IPs are within the same range). There lives only 1 person (the ex-friend) who would have done this. Is this illegal under the CAN-SPAM law or any other law? Could this be considered harrassment? My mother is paralegal and I work at the firm when I am back home on break from college. I would ask them but I want to make sure that it is illegal. My hope is, once I have 100% proof that it is him either by word of mouth from his friends that I know (he has a big mouth and will tell his other friends) or by having his roommate check his IP, have one of the attorneys I'm friends with write a letter stating the consequences of his actions to scare him (he is the kind of person who will lose sleep after being scared).
Thank you very much.
Hi, I was friend with a certain someone for about 9 months, and about a week ago he decided to hate everyone around him, including me. Today, I log into both of my email accounts and notice that I have been signed up for a large amount of newletters. I know he has my email address saved into his computer because of the history drop-down menus when typing into a field. In one of these emails it states the IP address of the person who signed me up. This IP is coming from the same apartment complex I live in (we are provided high-speed internet with our rent, so all IPs are within the same range). There lives only 1 person (the ex-friend) who would have done this. Is this illegal under the CAN-SPAM law or any other law? Could this be considered harrassment? My mother is paralegal and I work at the firm when I am back home on break from college. I would ask them but I want to make sure that it is illegal. My hope is, once I have 100% proof that it is him either by word of mouth from his friends that I know (he has a big mouth and will tell his other friends) or by having his roommate check his IP, have one of the attorneys I'm friends with write a letter stating the consequences of his actions to scare him (he is the kind of person who will lose sleep after being scared).
Thank you very much.