Resources

Technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) is when technology (such as a smartphone, computer, Smartwatch, or a Smart home device) is misused to commit violent abusive acts such as domestic violence, harassment, stalking, sexual assault, impersonation, extortion, and the non-consensual filming and sharing of intimate images.

The library of resources below was developed by the Tech Safety Canada Project, our project partners, or adapted for Canada with permission from the National Network to End Domestic Violence and WESNET Australia to provide survivors of TFGBV, their supporters, and anti-violence programs with helpful tips to increase the privacy and security of their own tech use.

Tech Safety Toolkits

The Technology Safety and Privacy Toolkit

Includes safety tips, general information, and strategies to use technology safely and increase privacy, as well as tips on securing devices and using specific platforms and technology.
Tech Safety Planning Toolkit

Includes safety planning information to strategically use technology in ways that can enhance safety and take back some control.
Preserving Digital Evidence Toolkit

This toolkit helps women, youth, gender-diverse people, and frontline workers preserve digital evidence in circumstances involving technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). It acts as a guide to learn about the laws and best practices surrounding digital evidence preservation and the potential use of this evidence in cases involving technology-facilitated violence
Legal Remedies for Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Toolkit

This toolkit is a guide to help women, youth, gender-diverse people, and anti-violence workers better understand the legal causes of action available in response to various forms of TFGBV.
Supporting Teens’ Experiences of Digital Dating Violence

This toolkit provides anti-violence workers and caregivers supporting teens through their experiences of digital dating violence with information, tips, handouts, and resources.
Teen Digital Dating Violence Toolkit

This toolkit includes resources to help teens identify whether digital dating violence is happening to them and provides information, tips, and ideas for what to do and what kind of help is available. 
Organizational Use of Technology Best Practices and Policy Toolkit

This toolkit provides anti-violence programs with suggestions for Organizational devices and hardware, the provision of digital services and the use of electronic databases and case management systems.
Digital Assistive Technology Toolkit

This toolkit provides frontline workers with tips and information to enhance their support of survivors who use digital assistive technology. Digital assistive technology devices help people with disabilities gather information and communicate.