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Mail Forwarding Services Protect Victims of Abuse

Fearing for their safety, victims of domestic violence who leave their abusers often need to keep their addresses and other contact information confidential. With the Internet making personal information more accessible than ever, the state of California has passed legislation that helps victims of abuse keep their addresses and other contact information out of the public domain.

Protect Your Phone Privacy / Proteja su Privacidad Telefonica

This publication provides U.S. national information for victims of domestic violence, harassment and stalking about their options in blocking telephone calls using "Caller ID", "Taking a Call", "line blocking", and "per call blocking".

The print version of this information is available as a 5.5" by 8" inch laminated card with Spanish (Espanol) information on one side and English information on the other.

Some Safety Considerations around using Technology

When safety planning, advocates and survivors are encouraged to familiarize themselves with a growing number of technology options. It is important to consider ways technological tools might be used to help increase a survivor's safety and privacy, as well as to anticipate ways an abuser might misuse a tool to perpetrate further harm (e.g. to monitor communications or activities, to impersonate, etc.). This page provides a few examples but is not reflective of the myriad of safety and privacy issues that can be impacted by technology (e.g.