Stay Safe During the Holidays

Holidays for Kids Crime Safety Tips Safety Rules for Children
Don't let your holidays be ruined by becoming the victim of a crime. Unfortunately, not everyone out there has a peace-on-earth-goodwill-toward-men attitude at this time of year.

Home Safety Tips for the Holidays
The holiday season is a time when busy people can become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. Don't let the rush and excitement of the holiday season make you careless in protecting your home from potential criminals.

Holiday Shopping Safety Tips
Shopping during the holiday season can present unique danger. Taking a few prevention measurers can help keep your holiday season joyous.

Use Your ATM Safely
The most important key to using your ATM card safety is to be observant and look around for any suspicious persons or activity near the ATM machine, especially during the holiday season.

Driving During the Holidays
The holiday season is a time when busy people can become careless and vulnerable to theft and other holiday crime. These tips can help you be more careful, prepared and aware during the holiday season.

Protecting Children During the Holidays
The holidays can present potentially dangerous situations for children. Some simple prevention measures can help keep your children safe during the season.

Answering the Door during the Holidays
Criminals take advantage of the holiday season to prey on those who are unsuspecting and generous. Be careful when someone you do not know comes to your door during the holiday season.

What's in Your Wallet: Too Much Information?
The repercussions of losing your wallet can be a disaster for you and a field day for an identity thief. Avoid being a victim by following these simple preventive steps.

Crime Safety Screening Quizzes
How safe is your home and office from invasion by criminals? Do you feel secure when you go to work? How about your home computer system? Is it as safe as it can be

Scams and Cons
The world is full of con artists who will use all kinds of ploys to defraud others out of their money. The holiday season is no exception.

Important Internet Privacy Information

Important Internet Privacy Information!
By: Thomas “Birdy” McKee


Most computers automatically track information when someone uses the Internet, fills in a search box or form, or sends an email. If you do not want someone else to know that you have been using a computer to get information about sexual violence, some steps you can take are listed here. Remember you can make it harder to figure out what you have been doing on a computer, but there is no way to erase all of your information.

One way your Internet information can be discovered is by looking at the “cookies” on your computer. Cookies are bits of data that a website puts on your computer so that it can track your visits. These are normally harmless, but they are usually named for the website that put them there, and can be viewed until they are cleared. Most Internet browsers also track your “history”, or the list of websites you have visited.

There is also software that makes it possible to track what you do on a computer. For example, Microsoft Vista, the new version of Windows, includes a feature called “Parental Controls” that can be used to monitor everything someone does on a computer (including websites visited and blocked, I/M conversations, and emails sent and received).

If security is a serious concern for you:

* Use a public computer in a library or a community center.
* Call on a telephone to get information; don’t email or use the Internet.

It is possible for someone with excellent technical skills to figure out who has been looking at a website. A land line phone is safer than a cell phone (cell phone conversations can be intercepted).