Web Safety Guidelines

If you bookmark this or any other site about domestic violence, the fact that you've been seeking information or help may be discovered by someone you prefer didn't know. So as a safeguard, you may either want to 1) access this site from somewhere other than home; or 2) clear all cache, cookies and history files from your web browser.

See the helpful information below and follow the instructions for eliminating traces of your visit to this website.

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Cookies and cache

Temporary Internet files, or cache, contain a "travel record" of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the web, including images, sounds, web pages, even cookies. Cookies are cryptic bookmarks that a website can place on your computer to acknowledge your prior visit, authenticate your access or let you continue surfing a site from where you last left off. They can leave a trail of evidence of where you have been on the web. So if you visit a website on domestic violence and a cookie is created, others can trace your trail and discover where you've been.

Enable InPrivate browsing for Internet Explorer 8, which allows for completely anonymous browsing sessions.

  1. Click on the Safety icon button on the Command bar, and click on InPrivate Browsing, or. open a new tab in IE8 and and click on the Start InPrivate Browsing link.
  2. When you have finished browsing, simply close the window.

Clear the cache for Internet Explorer 7

  1. Click "Start" and select "Control Panel." (Note: With Windows XP Classic View click the Windows "Start" button and select "Settings" and "Control Panel").
  2. Open the "Internet Options" icon.
  3. Click the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
  4. Click the "Delete" button.
  5. Under the heading "Temporary Internet files," click "Delete Files."
  6. Click "OK" to exit.

Clear cookies for Internet Explorer 7

  1. Click "Start" and select "Control Panel." (Note: With Windows XP Classic View click the Windows "Start" button and select "Settings" and "Control Panel").
  2. Open the Internet Options icon.
  3. Click the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
  4. Under the Browsing history section, click the "Delete" button.
  5. Click the "Delete cookies" button.
  6. Select "Yes" if a box appears to confirm.
  7. Click "OK" to close the window.

Clear the cache for Internet Explorer 6

  1. Click "Start" and select "Control Panel." (Note: With Windows XP Classic View click the Windows "Start" button and select "Settings" and "Control Panel").
  2. Open the "Internet Options" icon.
  3. Click the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
  4. Under the heading "Temporary Internet files," click "Delete Files...".
  5. Click "OK" to exit.

Clear cookies for Internet Explorer 6

  1. Click "Start" and select "Control Panel." (Note: Windows XP Classic View click the Windows "Start" button and select "Settings" and "Control Panel").
  2. Open the "Internet Options" icon.
  3. Click the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
  4. Under the heading "Temporary Internet files," click on "Delete Cookies...".
  5. Click "OK" for the "Delete all cookies in the Temporary Internet Files folder?" prompt.
  6. Click "OK" to exit.

Clear the cache for Mozilla Firefox 2.x

  1. Open Mozilla Firefox and click on the "Tools" menu.
  2. Select "Options" then "Advanced" (top right).
  3. Click the "Network" tab.
  4. Under the "Cache" heading, click the "Clear Now" button.
  5. Click "OK" to exit.

Clear cookies for Mozilla Firefox 2.x

  1. In Mozilla Firefox select "Tools" from the file menu.
  2. Select "Options."
  3. Under the "Private Data" heading, click the "Clear Now button."
  4. Click "OK" to exit.

Clear the cache for Safari

  1. From the Safari menu, click "Empty Cache."
  2. When asked "Are you sure you want to empty the cache?" click "Empty."
  3. Click "Done."
  4. Reload the page.

Clear cookies for Safari

  1. Go to the "Safari" drop down menu.
  2. Select "Preferences."
  3. Select the "Security" icon at the top panel.
  4. From the Security dialog box, click "Bookmarks."
  5. Click "Show Cookies."
  6. From the Cookie dialog box, click to choose cookies from domesticviolencecenter.org, and click "Remove." Alternatively, if you want to delete all cookies, click "Remove All."
  7. Click "Done."

Clearing cache/cookies for Google Chrome

  1. Go to the "Customise & Control" drop down menu.
  2. Select "Clear browsing data..."
  3. Select the "Clear browsing history" checkbox.
  4. Select the "Clear download history" checkbox.
  5. Select the "Empty the cache" checkbox.
  6. Select the "Delete cookies" checkbox.
  7. Select a time period from the "Clear data from..." dropdown menu.
  8. Click "Clear Browsing Data."

Google Chrome also allows for completely anonymous browsing.

  1. Go to the "control this page" drop down menu.
  2. Select "New incognito window"
  3. reload the domestic violence center website.