STAY SAFE ONLINE DURING LITIGATION
While it is almost impossible to erase your entire footprint from a computer and the internet, knowing what information is shared is critical to safety and privacy, especially where domestic abuse is involved. Below are a few tips that may help you stay safe:
- Clear your browsing history or cache -Browse in “private mode”
- Change your privacy settings to avoid cookies -Consider signing up for a security service to track your passwords, such as Norton or Last Pass, and avoid the autosave feature on your device
- Delete the information in the “temp” file -Turn off “auto complete” features -Delete your internet history -Consider using a public computer such as at the library or a friend’s computer
- Remove personal information from the internet. You can place individual requests with sites that share your data, or you can use services like Norton to lodge the requests for you.
- As much as possible, limit social media or suspend it. Your posts or those of friends and family can share private information, such as your current location. At a minimum, ensure your accounts are private and unavailable to the general public.
- Consider setting up an email address just for litigation
- Only make purchases through secured vendor sites
- When sites ask if they can share your information with partners, select “no” -Disable “geotagging”
- Domestic abuse survivors can register for the state’s address protection program, which helps prevent inadvertent disclosure of their location: https://lnkd.in/gqaThSZ9 -Always log out of a device or application after use
- Don’t select “remember me” on sites -Utilize dual authentication where available
- Do not open attachments sent by suspicious users or the other party if privacy has been an issue
- Always change all of your passwords and select something the other party will never guess
- When in doubt, “opt-out.” While this list is not exhaustive, it is a starting place for assessing how much of your private information is exposed
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