Cybersnooping-Is It Ever Legal? 

I’m not a lawyer.  I’m not giving you legal advice.  If you are thinking about it, consult a divorce lawyer in your town to make sure you aren’t breaking laws.  And be sure you really want answers to the questions running around in your head.  You might get more than you bargained for.

Here are a couple of examples of when it might be legal to read an email, search a cell phone’s list of dialed or recieved calls, or look at that browser history. 

• Do you share the computer with the suspected cheater?  Browser histories might be fair game.  If the computer belongs to only them, it’s a no go.  Does the computer belong to the suspect’s company?  For example, if it’s a work laptop, you might be able to get the info through the courts but it’s not your business to invade the company’s business.
• Do you share the email address, messenger log in, or……well…….you get the picture(and hopefully you won’t find incriminating pictures on the family pc where your kids can see them, like I did.)  Ever turn on the pc and have it log into messenger automatically, only to have tons of windows pop up from women you don’t know thinking you are a man they’ve chatted with inviting you to private chat?  Can you guess how I came up with that scenario so quickly?  If it happens to you, be sure you let them know who you really are, or you could be in trouble for misleading the poor, desperate souls.  But the evidence might be fair game.
• Ever walk up to the family computer to find your spouse has left their last email on the screen from the accomplice to their cheating ways?  If they walked away and left it up, it might be fair game and not intercepting emails.
• Do you share a cell phone with your cheating spouse and were they dumb enough to hand out the number and forget to delete the call history?

Again, this isn’t advice from a lawyer.  So get good solid information so you don’t get sued for invastion of privacy.  But it might make deciding if you want a divorce a little easier