As some of you might have noticed I've been the victim of Cyberstalking for quite awhile now. They take breaks when they get bored, but for some reason they always come back. They are of course made up of ex-lovers who seemingly can't get over the ex part. I suggest that some of them are also made up of the misguided friends of some ex-lovers. At any rate, while it isn't life threatening or anything, it does get rather tiresome. So as I have taken steps to squash the matter today, legally once and for all.
The following are some ideas if you are the victim of cyberstalking, on how to squash the problem once and for all! Of course it all leads to the police and court in the end, with a cyberstalking conviction resulting in up to 10 years imprisonment (depending on where you are) for the fool who tried to mess with you online;
(1) SAVE EVERYTHING! If it's emails, make sure you keep them and print them off. If it's comments on a website, hit the print screen button on your keyboard (prt scr) then paste the resulting screenshot into MS paint or whatever imaging program you prefer. Make sure a record is kept of EVERYTHING! Including any replies you might make.
(2) IF it's on a website you own, or it's through email, be sure to save their IP address as well, this is VERY important. IP addresses can eventually help police find out exactly who is doing it and show a pattern of harassment. It doesn't matter if the IP is static or dynamic, ISPs keep logs of what accounts hold what IP addresses at what dates and time periods. You can find someone's IP address from an email by looking in the email source information.
(3) Buy a exercise pad. You know the type you wrote in at school? No, not the text books you drew all over, the lined exercise books you wrote in. You need one. Everytime your cyberstalker interacts with you record the date, time, what was said (for longer comments/emails subject lines will do), their IP address (if known), their email address (if it's an email), where the contact took place (email/URL of the website/etc) and the file name(s) of any screenshot(s) you take to document the contact.
(4) Join a group; there are plenty of groups around for people who have been cyberstalked. By joining a group not only do you know you're not alone, but they can help you with other ideas on how to combat the problem.
(5) After a few months, when a pattern of cyberstalking and harassment can definitely be shown it's time to bring in the law. For this you want a two pronged attack if possible, comprising both the Police and a lawyer acting on your behalf. When it comes to the Police don't take no for an answer, cyberstalking is against the law, if you've been able to get a lawyer they will be able to help you get the police involved. Once you have the police involved they can watch the activities of your cyberstalker (and find out their IP address if you don't already have it) which will further show the pattern of cyberstalking and harassment. Make sure though that you continue all the other steps even after the police have become involved. Your lawyer will be able to help keep the police on track with the investigation and perhaps even lodge their own private investigation into the matter.
If you follow these steps, then it should be easy for the police to get a conviction on your cyberstalker, sending them to jail and giving you some peace and quite. 