What are my rights if my ex-wife posted mySSN on a social networking site?
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What are my rights if my ex-wife posted mySSN on a social networking site?
We have been divorced for 20 years.
Asked on November 4, 2011 under Family Law, California
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Your wife has probably committed idenity theft crimes and crimes dealing with criminal harassment. Further, she may be liable to you civilly for invasion of privacy and identity theft. Immediately contact the social networking site to shut her down and report that posting as quickly as you can. Then, contact the police after you make a copy of the posting and email it to yourself and then immediately contact your three credit reporting agencies to file a fraud claim and explain why. You may have to renew the fraud claim and then contact social security and see if you need to do something with them.
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