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too often, as you contemplate your future, you
begin to search the internet for information on
divorce, custody and law firms. You go to
divorce pages and then you download articles,
just like this one, so you can review later.
What you don’t know is that you are leaving a
trail a mile wide for anyone, including your
spouse, to see what you have been doing on the
computer and where you have traveled in the vast
ocean of internet information.
You
need to cover your tracts by taking some easy
steps. For example, in Internet Explorer go to
“Tools” and under the “General” tab delete files
temporary internet files and history. You must
do this every time you are going to exit the
program. Do not save a page as a “Favorite”. If
no one has access to your computer then having a
quick reference to Favorites works well, rather
then having to search the internet to find the
site again.
E-mail has become the communication favorite of
millions of people and companies, including
lovers. What you do not know is companies
constantly back up their servers with your
unread and undeleted e-mails maybe included.
This means that a lawyer can subpoena the e-mail
provider, i.e. “Yahoo’s” records and you maybe
defending embarrassing statements, pictures and
cards.
One
way to avoid this is to read your e-mail often,
then delete and go into the delete folder and
delete the message. This two step process also
applies to the sent folder.
Chat rooms are another dangerous area. The
person on the other end, who you think at the
moment, is a friend, maybe copying and saving
your chat.
Remember, don’t get caught, protect your
privacy. |
ARTICLES - Divorce and Computers
