Domestic Violence Resource Center - Taylorsville, NC

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SAFETY EXIT- As you visit our site, should you need to exit quickly, just click the Dove for a "Safety Link" to Alexander County Online. Read the instructions for erasing your history from visiting this site.

The DVRC web site provides a "Safety Exit" DOVE on every page in the event that you may be discovered by your abuser while viewing this website.

Clicking the DOVE, will take you to a website called Alexander County Online which will not only provide you a safety exit page but helpful information about our area.

We think this procedure will arouse less suspicion than simply closing your browser window or shutting off your computer and is less likely to incite an abuser to violence.

Of course, nothing is foolproof and an abuser who is familiar with computers would be able to trace your browsing back to this website.

Our hope is that if there is no immediate evidence on your monitor screen, there will be no cause for suspicion on the abuser's part and no reason to investigate further.

Please remember to follow the instructions below and erase any evidence of your visit as soon as it's safe to do so.

About your computer and history of web site visits:
If you bookmark this or any other site about domestic violence, your abuser can find out that you have been getting information on domestic violence.

If you can, clear all cache/history files from your web browser. You may want to access this site from somewhere other than home. See instructions below for eliminating traces to browsing the internet for domestic violence web pages.

Beware of AutoComplete in Internet Explorer:
Some Web site search fields will retain entries you've made in the past when AutoComplete is active. This could compromise your online privacy and security. For example, try explaining why "divorce law" pops up as a possible match when your spouse uses HotBot for a search of his/her own.

To turn off this part of AutoComplete, choose "Tools/Internet Options", then click the Content tab. Click the AutoComplete button in the Personal information section and uncheck the Forms box in the AutoComplete Settings dialog.

About Cookies:
Each time you access websites, "cookies" can be created. Cookies are cryptic bookmarks that a Web site can place on your computer to acknowledge your prior visit, authenticate your access or let you continue on through a site from where you last left off.

They are really no big deal and will not do anything to damage your computer, however, they can leave a trail of evidence of where you have been on the web. If you visit a website on domestic violence and a cookie is created as a result of that visit, your abuser can trace your trail and discover where you've been.

Instructions to Clear
Web Site Browsing History

There are several types of web browsers with different versions of each. The instructions below refer to Internet Explorer 7.

As you browse the web, Internet Explorer stores information about the websites you visit and information that you're frequently asked to provide (for example, your name and address). The following is a list of the type of information that Internet Explorer stores:

Temporary Internet files
Cookies
A history of the websites you've visited
Information that you've entered into websites or the Address bar (this is referred to as saved form data and it includes things such as your name, address, and the website addresses that you've visited before)
Passwords
Temporary information stored by browser add-ons

To delete all browsing history

In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Delete Browsing History.
Click Delete all, and then click Yes.

To delete a specific category of browsing history

In Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Delete Browsing History.
Click the Delete button next to the category of information you want to delete, click Yes, and then click Close.

You should close Internet Explorer when you're done to clear cookies that are still in memory from your current browsing session. This is especially important when using a public or kiosk computer.

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Domestic Violence Resource Center
Post Office Box 652 - Taylorsville, NC 28681
Supporting victims in Alexander County
Office: 828-635-8850