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From da Vinci Concept

Keeping Your Writing Data Safe from the Public

Delete temporary files from public computers

When you are finished composing and have successfully submitted your work it is a good idea to clean up after yourself. This is particularly important when using a public computer. In a Windows environment, permanently delete your temporary files by keying 'shift-delete'. This will destroy the file without sending it to the recycle bin. (Be careful with this feature!)

Remove software cache information

When using a public computer it is also a very good idea to clean out the web-browser's temporary cache. This is where it stores image, webpage data, and even passwords. Some web-browser software also caches the data inside text fields on the website allowing you to retrieve information lost because of a faulty connection to the website or session timeout. Unfortunately, the most common web-browsers do not support this feature.

You can clean the browser cache by finding the 'preference' or 'options' dialogs for the web-browser and emptying its contents. You should also consider clearing out the browser history and cookie data. These settings can be found in Opera: File->Preferences->Cache and History; in Internet Explorer: Edit->Options->somewhwere