Tech abuse: advice
Does/did your partner:
- Have access to all of your online accounts?
- Try and control who you speak to online?
- Know the passwords to your emails and/or social media, and regularly ‘check in’ on what has been sent or posted?
- Hack into your child/children’s devices or accounts to find out their location?
- Download apps or software to your device(s) to track what you are doing?
Advice
Contact Refuge to speak to someone about your options on 0800 408 1552.
If possible, download antivirus software to your device, which should limit the risk of any spyware being downloaded to it.
If it safe to do so, consider setting up alternative email or social media accounts that the perpetrator does not have access to or knowledge of (have usernames and/or email addresses that do not link back to you).
Do not necessarily shut down old accounts straight away; a sudden lack of activity on, or deletion of, accounts may make the perpetrator aware that alternatives have been set up instead.
Further advice on how to keep yourself safe online can be found on Cyber Safe Warwickshire.
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