Legal Question in Technology Law in Iowa

I was communicating via email and chat with a man whose wife had installed a keylogger program on his laptop. This woman then accessed all his electronic communications and accounts. From the content of the emails, she learned the identity and email address of my husband and forwarded several hundred of my personal emails to written to her husband to my husband. I had left my husband and my emails discussed a number of private matters, including an open court case I have in our divorce proceedings. Because of this, my financial status in the divorce settlement has been damaged severely (in excess of $80,000). My ex-husband admits to receiving over 2 years of my emails from this woman and he even provided her advice with how to use the spyware. I actually saw my own emails that she had forwarded to my ex-husband on his laptop.

I spoke to the police in this woman�s city and the officer was quick to dismiss me since it was her perception that adultery matters are not criminal. However, I feel my privacy was repeatedly violated and this woman distributed hacked emails to a third party. What can I do??


Asked on 10/19/10, 2:22 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

The fact that email is not a secure method of communication is pretty well known and has been so for a number of years. There's very little expectation of privacy in email that I'm aware of.

Furthermore, the person with any possible claim to an expectation of privacy is not you, but the man you were communicating with, because it's his email account that was eavesdropped upon, not yours.

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Answered on 10/25/10, 5:07 pm


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