Identity theft and hacking are an ever present threat for any business working on the Web, and really, what businesses aren’t?

A recent CNET News article, “Woman says boyfriend kidnapped her Facebook page,” pokes a lot of fun at the victim in this story, but the underlying message is important to any individual or organization using social networking. A woman in New York is taking an ex-boyfriend to court for coercion and harassment due to his hacking of her Facebook profile and changing her status to make her look gay. This should have any business phoning their lawyers and getting the scoop on their rights. Since you can’t control the security of social media sites like your own company’s site, the chances for hacking are much higher.

The SSN Take: It is not a bad idea to learn what your legal rights are when a hacker is caught.

Patrick Roland, March 19, 2009

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