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Refuge House, Inc.
P.O. Box 20910
Tallahassee, FL 32316

Administration Phone
850.922.6062

Email
lknetsch@refugehouse.com
 

E-mail
If an abuser has access to your e-mail account, he or she may be able to read your incoming and outgoing mail. If you believe your account is secure, make sure you choose a password he or she will not be able to guess. If an abuser sends you threatening or harassing e-mail messages, they may be printed and saved as evidence of this abuse. Additionally, the messages may constitute a federal offense. For more information on this issue, contact your local United States Attorney General’s office.

Internet Activity
If an abuser knows how to read your computer’s history or cache file (automatically saved web pages and graphics), he or she may be able to see information you have viewed recently on the internet. You can clear your history or empty your cache file.*

Netscape: Pull down edit menu and select Preferences. Click on Navigator on choose “Clear History.” Click Advanced then select Cache. on Clear Disk Cache.

Internet Explorer: Pull down Tools menu and select Internet Options. On general page, under Temporary Internet Files, click on Delete Files. Under History, click on Clear History. Pull down Members Menu, select Preferences. Click on WWW icon. Then select Advanced. Purge Cache.

*This information may not completely hide your tracks. Many browser types have features that display recently visited sites. The safest way to find information on the internet would be at a local library, a friend’s house, or at work.

Information courtesy of ABA Commission on Domestic Violence