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Technology Safety
NNEDV's Safety Net: National Safe & Strategic Technology Project creates resources to help victims and agencies respond effectively to the many ways that technology impacts victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual violence and stalking, including:
Technology Safety Planning with Survivors
This handout provides 12 simple but critical tips about phone, computer, email and other technology use to discuss if someone you know is in danger. It is available in the following 7 languages:
Assessing Organizational Readiness to Provide Online Advocacy & Services
This article introduces safety, confidentiality and capacity issues that organizations should address when considering provision of online technical assistance or counseling. It is coauthored by Safety Net and the National Sexual Assault Resource Sharing Project, IowaCASA, and was originally published in The Resource Newsletter (Spring/Summer 2005) of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
Data Security Checklist to Increase Victim Safety
This checklist highlights steps that local domestic violence and rape crisis programs and other community service providers can take to promote victim safety and data security. It includes steps to consider: before undertaking data collection; when designing a data system; and, during ongoing data system maintenance, audits and trainings.
FAQs on Survivors Confidentiality Releases
This 16 page piece answers commonly asked questions about confidentiality provisions in the U.S. federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and clarifies best practices for informed consent related to protecting or sharing a survivor's information. It is a guide for any non-profit program receiving VAWA funds and is informative for any agencies partnering with those non-profit agencies. (2008)
A High-Tech Twist on Abuse: Technology, Intimate Partner Stalking and Advocacy
This paper highlights research literature and survivors' reports on the use of technology in intimate partner stalking. It discusses use and abuse of: telephone technologies including TTY and Caller ID; location and surveillance technologies including GPS devices and cameras; and, computer and Internet technologies including spyware and online databases. It includes tips for social change and advocacy, and safety strategies for survivors. (2005)
- English - A High-Tech Twist on Abuse: Technology, Intimate Partner Stalking and Advocacy (Paper & Appendix A)
- French - La Haute Technologie et Ses Méfaits: Technologie, Traque et Activités de Défense (Paper & Annexe A)
- English - On the MINCAVA website: original published paper with all 3 appendices as: Adobe PDF and Plain Text
A High-Tech Twist on Abuse
This article describes how abusers are misusing technology against victims and how victims can use technology to enhance safety. It was published in Volume 1, Issue 2 (December 2005) of the online journal, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice.
- English - A High-Tech Twist on Abuse
Survivor Confidentiality and Privacy: Releases and Waivers At-A-Glance
This one pager quickly reviews best practices for non-profit community based advocacy agencies to maintain survivor confidentiality and privacy under the U.S. federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), including obligations to notify survivors, ensure consent is informed, written and reasonably time limited, and, who can authorize a release of information. (2008)
Tech Savvy Teens: Choosing Who Gets To See Your Info
This 2 page handout for teens and students discusses important choices they can make about who gets to access their personal information. It covers blogs and social networking sites, how information gets online and issues about removing it, web archives, phones and texting, computers and spyware, and ways to protect your privacy.
- English - Tech Savvy Teens: Choosing Who Gets To See Your Info
- Spanish - Adolescentes Tecnisabios
Who's Spying on Your Computer? Spyware, Surveillance, and Safety for Survivors
Do you want to know what is spyware, how it works, how it can end up on your computer? This handout answers those questions and provides safety tips for survivors of abuse, for organizations that assist victims, and for parents.