Stalking

Not to be confused with Stalker (1979 film)

Every breath you take;
Every move you make;
Every bond you break;
Every step you take,
I'll be watching you. —The Police

Stalking is unwanted surveillance and sometimes harassment of an individual. In many countries stalking constitutes a crime.

Quotes

• 1. One who unlawfully, systematically, and deliberately intrudes into someone's personal environment with the intention to force the other to act in a way, or to prevent one to act in a certain way or to induce fear, will be prosecuted for harassment, for which the maximal punishment is three years and a fine of the fourth monetary category.
  2. The prosecution will only take place after a complaint of the person who is the victim of the crime.
  • Text of Article 285b in Dutch law

• Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to—
  (A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others;
  (B) suffer substantial emotional distress.
  • 108 Stat. 1902 et seq of United States law

• It's not called stalking...it's called "passionately following".
  • Claire Danes explaining about her character Angela Chase and her crush on Jared Leto's character, Jordan Catalano, while on MTV's TRL (11 August 2007) ^{[citation needed]}

• Every breath you take;
  Every move you make;
  Every bond you break;
  Every step you take,
  I'll be watching you.
  • The Police, Every Breath You Take

See also

• Surveillance