Hide my visit

If you do not want anyone to know that you have visited this website, the information below could help to increase your safety while using the internet.

If you do not use a password to log on to your computer, someone else will be able to access your email and track your internet usage.

​Please remember that if you are concerned that someone is monitoring your internet usage, your safest option would be to access the internet from somewhere like a trusted friend’s house, your workplace, an internet café or local library.

Hiding your visits on the internet

Every time you use the internet your internet browser saves pieces of information such as images, search terms or words used in search engines and login names. This helps the pages you visit frequently to load faster by loading the files from your hard disk drive instead of having to download the web page in full again. These are saved as ‘cookies’ and they can mark a trail or ‘history’ that reveals what you have been looking at online.

People may be able to see information you have recently viewed on the Internet if they know how to read your computer’s history or cache file. These contain the automatically saved web pages and graphics.

The following simple steps describe how you can hide your tracks when you’re browsing the Internet by ‘clearing your history’ or ’emptying your cache file’. This will minimize the chances of someone finding out that you have visited websites such as this one.
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Please note – There is a risk involved in removing data from your computer. Removing cookies may clear saved passwords for membership sites such as online banking, which may alert other users of the computer to the fact that you have removed information. Also, they may notice if the address history on the PC has been cleared.

Covering your tracks

A ‘browser’ is the application or programme you use on your computer to access web pages on the Internet. You will need to know which browser you are using to access the internet. If you are unsure what browser you are using:

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