http://usa.kaspersky.com/resources/spyware
"Spyware” is something of a grey area, so there’s no copy-book definition for it. However, as the name suggests, it’s often loosely defined as software that is designed to gather data from a computer and forward it to a third party without the consent or knowledge of the computer’s owner.
This includes monitoring key strokes, collecting confidential information (passwords, credit card numbers, PIN numbers, etc.), harvesting e-mail addresses, or tracking browsing habits. There’s a further by-product of spyware where such activities inevitably affect network performance, slowing down the system and thereby affecting the whole business process.
IF you eliminate the idea that it is somebody watching you physically then I would think it is somebody watching you electronically. You might want to invest is a good PC tech to see whether your laptop is doing the dirty deed