What are the other potential legal ramifications of illegally accessing my spouse’s stored computer files?
In many cases a spouse who suspects adultery will hack into the cheating spouse’s computer files and e mails. As discussed above, if the computer is not located in the marital residence, then this intrusion will constitute a violation of both New Jersey and Federal wiretapping laws. In addition, there may be some tort liability. Hacking into your spouse’s computer may constitute the common law tort of the invasion of privacy or invasion of seclusion. Hacking into your spouse’s computer could also be considered as theft. However, in my experience, it is very unlikely that a prosecutor would file any type of criminal charge(s) if a spouse hacked into a home computer. The prosecutor may be more interested in pursuing theft charges if the computer hacking occurs on the cheating spouse’s computer that is located at his place of employment, or from a computer system of a corporation or financial institution.
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