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Most states also have their own laws making it a crime to access a computer or network without the permission of the owner. A table of each state law prohibiting unauthorized access is available from the National Conference of State Legislatures.<ref>http://www.ncsl.org/programs/lis/CIP/hacklaw.htm</ref> The following are some examples.

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*In August 2008, the governor signed into law Senate Bill 2426 (known as "The Cyberbullying Law"). The bill had overwhelmingly passed in both the House adn Senate, each of which had only one "nay" vote. "This law clarifies the definition of harassing someone by using electronic communication such as the Internet and text messaging and enables the prosecution of someone who anonymously bullies in this capacity. SB 2426 becomes law January 1, 2009." Since 2007 Illinois has had the Illinois State Police (ISP) Internet Crimes Unit, and it had received over 100 complaints of cyber-stalking in little more than year. Since 2006 Illinois has had the Internet Crimes Unit (ICU),<ref>http://www.isp.state.il.us/icu</ref> which coordinates investigations.<ref>http://illinoischannel.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_pagedir=Previous&_c11_BlogPart_handle=cns!B0DB128F5CD96151!3845&_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart</ref>

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