Women’s information network - Tips
Tip: for your safety – cover your tracks in the Internet
If someone is threatening you and has access to your e-mail account, they can read your incoming and outgoing e-mails. If you want your account to be secured against unauthorised access, use a password that is not easy to guess. Preferably a combination of letters and numbers. If you receive e-mails from someone with threats or harassment, print them out so you have evidence in case of an emergency.
You can cover your tracks in the Internet:
History/cache:
Your Internet browser stores information, data and graphics from the websites you visited last. So that other people cannot track these, delete the data stored using your browser's settings.
Mozilla Firefox
Click on the “Settings” menu and select “Privacy and security”. It’s best to empty both the history and the web content. Alternatively, simply use the “private mode” to surf.
Internet Explorer
Click on the menu “Extras”, choose “Internet options”. In the tab “General” in the area “Browsing history” you can a) select that the browser history is deleted automatically every time the browser is closed or b) under “Delete”, select which browser data should be deleted. Click on “Delete”.