Confidentiality and Privacy

Protecting your privacy can feel especially important after a sexual assault. BARCC has strict confidentiality policies.

All written and verbal communication concerning a client is kept private and will not be shared with anyone outside BARCC unless the client says it’s OK in writing—except as required by law in three cases:

If we believe that a client is at high risk to hurt themselves or someone else
If we believe that a child under 18, an adult 60 and over, or a person 18–59 with a disability requiring assistance with activities of daily living, is being physically, emotionally or sexually abused, or neglected
If ordered by a court; if you think you might be involved in a court case, please talk with a BARCC legal advocate about your privacy and confidentiality rights

We will tell you when we are required to make a report and what information we will share. We will not share more than what is required by law.

You may choose what information you want to provide to BARCC. You will not be denied services if you choose not to tell us certain identifying information, including immigration status.

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To delete cookies, files, and internet history

Mozilla Firefox / Netscape

Click the Tools drop down menu and select Options
Click on the Privacy option
Under Private Data click Clear Now
Place a tick in all the options available and click Clear Private Data Now
Click OK to confirm
Alternatively select ctrl+shift+delete on your keyboard, tick all the items available and click Clear Private Data Now.

Opera

Click the Tools drop down menu and select Preferences
Click the Advanced tab and select History on the left hand menu
Click the Clear and Empty Now buttons
Select Cookies from the left hand menu
Click Manage cookies
Select any entries on the list you want to delete and click Delete
Click Close when you have finished deleting all the entries you want to
Click OK to close Preferences

Google Chrome

Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar. Mac users: If you don’t see the wrench icon, go to the menu bar at the top of your screen and click Chrome.
Select Options (Preferences on Mac and Linux).
Click the Under the Hood tab.
Click Content settings in the “Privacy” section.
Click the Cookies tab in the Content Settings dialog that appears:
Click Show cookies and other site data.
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Safari

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Select Security icon
Press Show Cookies button
Select the Cookies to be deleted from the list
Press Delete button.

Internet Explorer 6.0

Click the Tools drop down menu and select Internet Options
On the General tab under Temporary Internet Files:
Click Delete Cookies
Click Delete Files
Under History click Delete History
On the Content tab under Personal Information click AutoComplete
Click Clear Forms and then click OK
Click OK again to close Internet Options and save your changes
- Choose Preferences from Safari menu
- Select Security icon
- Press Show Cookies button
- Select the Cookies to be deleted from the list
- Press Delete button.

Internet Explorer 7.0

Click Tools drop down menu and select Internet Options
Under Browsing History click Delete
Delete browsing history by clicking each delete button as required or click the Delete All button
Click Close and then Click OK to confirm the deletion