Tech safety toolkit: Identify, manage and document tech abuse
Understanding tech abuse
- What is technology abuse?
- Basic information about tech abuse, including how children are involved (Luke's Place, Family Court and Beyond)
- Unsure if tech abuse happening to you?
- This detailed resource includes resources in French, Inuktitut and Spanish (TechSafety.ca)
Key safety planning resources
- Tech safety how to's - privacy settings, taking pictures of evidence, free email (LukesPlace.ca)
- Technology safety plan tipsheet (TechSafety.ca)
- The technology safety and privacy toolkit (TechSafety.ca)
Other safety planning resources for women
These links are to TechSafety.ca, unless otherwise noted.
- 10 easy steps to maximize tech use privacy
- Survivors’ guide to phones
- Managing electronic communications with an abusive ex-partner (Luke's Place, Family Court and Beyond)
- A survivor’s guide to location tracking
- Overview of the internet of things and connected devices
- How tracking is done in your home, using children and pets, with cars and health/medical devices
- Securing your cloud (video)
- Social media safety and privacy tips
- How can a woman stop her abusive ex from stealing her identity?
- The link with financial abuse (Luke's Place)
- Having an online presence after you leave your community
For service providers and organizations
Resources from Luke's Place
- Tech safety planning principles for service providers
- How to manage tech abuse with safety planning and family law (webinar recording)
Resouces from TechSafety.ca
- Conversation starters for tech safety planning
- Conversation starters when working with Indigenous survivors
- Assessing for technology abuse
- Tech safety planning checklist – this long list can help guide you on items to consider based on a survivor’s areas of vulnerability
- Digital assistive technology toolkit
- Tips on making an organization and its materials accessible as well as safety planning with survivors who have disabilities
- Organizational use of technology best practices and policy toolkit
- Tons of resources including password security, shared devices and emailing with survivors.
Learn ways to manage tech abuse with family law.