BE WEB SAFE

Your Internet Activities Can Be Discovered

It may not be safe for you to access sites for information about woman abuse from your computer. Your abuser could discover what sites you have visited. Internet browsers record a history of recently visited web sites for fast reloading on your next visit. Your safety could be jeopardized if your abuser were to check this history. There are some things you can do to hide your Internet use. It may be safer to access information on the Internet from a friend's house, your workplace, a library or Internet cafe.

To hide your Internet activities you need to clear the computer's memory of the most recent pages you have accessed on the Internet. This memory is the browser's cache. By emptying your computer's cache, your recently visited sites will be deleted. It is a good idea to access some sites on other subjects after you have cleared the cache so that it will have some items in it. For instance, check out the sites of newspapers, government, or entertainment.

If you use Internet Explorer:
Pull down the tools menu, select Internet Options. Choose the General tab, under Temporary Internet Files, click on "Delete Files". Under History, click on "Clear History" then click "OK".

If you use Netscape:
Pull down the Edit menu, select Preferences. Under Navigator, click on the "Clear History" button. Then double click on Advanced, select Cache. Click on "Clear Disk Cache".

If you use AOL:
Pull down My AOL, select Preferences. Click on the WWW icon under Temporary Internet Files, click on "Delete Files". Under History, click on "Clear History".

If you use Mozilla Firefox:
From the toolbar at the top of the page select "Tools", then click on "Options" and click on "Privacy". Under the history tab, click on "Clear Browsing History. Under the Cookies tab, click on "Clear Cookies".

If you do not know which browser you are using, pull down the Help menu, and click on About.

KEEP SAFE

INTERNET ACTIVITY

Any Internet use may be traceable by other people using your computer. LAWC strongly encourages all users to take steps to hide their Internet activities in respect of the use of this Website. LAWC assumes no liability for loss or damage relating to a breach of confidentiality or resulting from access by third parties to your Internet activity.