Abuse Using Technology

The term “computer crimes” refers to a broad category of crimes that could violate your privacy or interfere with your data/technology. Computer crimes include, but are not limited to, misusing a computer to:

• steal information or something else of value;
• scam or trick you;
• harass you;
• impersonate you;
• blackmail you; or
• create or publish sexual images of you.

Some of these crimes can also be committed without computers or tech, such as fraud or identity theft. But technology can often make it easier for an abuser to commit those crimes. It can help him/her:

• access or use your private information;
• copy your data;
• destroy your information; or
• interfere with your data or technology.