Cover Your Tracks

Protect Yourself


Please note that we highly recommend that you visit this site using a public computer not your own computer where an abuser may discover you are seeking help

Deleting your computer history may raise suspicion itself


Browser History

If an abuser knows how to view your computer's history , they may be able to see that you have recently viewed this website. You can clear your history by doing the following depending on your web browser.


Internet Explorer

  • Click the tools menu
  • Select Delete Browsing History
  • Select Delete Files
  • Select Delete History
  • Select Delete Forms

Firefox

  • Click the tools menu
  • Select Clear Private Data
  • Tick Browsing History, Saved Form and Search History and Cache
  • Select Clear Private Data Now

AOL

  • Click the members menu
  • select Preferences
  • Select WWW icon
  • select Advanced, Purge Cache

Search Toolbar

Search bars you may have such as Google or Yahoo keep a record of the words that you have searched for. Please check the website of the toolbar creator to find out how to clear the search history



Womens Aid is part of Harlow Womens Aid which is a registered charity
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Company Number: 2789572
Registered Office: PO BOX 2489, Harlow, Essex Limited by guarantee
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