You are being harassed. What information do you need to save?

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1. Write down all situations in which the person harasses you.Also, include the situations in which you did not call the police.

2. Write down all important details. Make notes of conversations and phone calls. Save e-mails, voice-mails, text messages and WhatsApp messages. Also save messages via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or other social media. Take photos of them and keep them on your computer or phone. Do this right away, because in some apps or programmes, someone can re-move a message very quickly.

3. Put yourself in the shoes of the person who is harassing you.Try to put yourself in the shoes of the person who is harassing you. What do you know about that person and what he might be going to do? Do you know which social media the person uses - for example Twitter, Facebook or Snapchat? How much understanding does this person have about computers, telephones, cameras or devices with which you can listen to someone? Or does the person know people who know a lot about it?

4. Keep watching out for your own safety.Pay attention to your own safety. Does the person who is harassing you know that you are writing down information? If so, this person may even harass you more. Trust your own feelings: you know best what can happen.

5. Only save what has to do with the harassment.Save only that information that really has to do with how the other person is harassing you. This information may be evidence in a court case in the future. The other person can then see this infor-mation. Do not add your own photos, for example.

If you are being harassed by someone, it is important that you always save information about this person and the events. This helps you, and possibly the police, to see how this person behaves, whether his behaviour is becoming more serious and if you might be in danger yourself. The more evidence you collect, the greater the chance that the police or the court can punish this person. On the following page, you will find a frame-work with questions you can answer about the person who is harassing you. We have a few important tips for you:

We have created these tips with the Safety Net Technology Project of the National Network toEnd Domestic Violence. We used material from this project for our tips.

Information about the person who is harassing youFor each occasion that you were bothered, please write down exactly what happened and when. Write everything down in a notebook or using Word/Excel.

Who is harassing you? Enter first name and last name. What is your relationship with that person? Tick one.

O Your partner O Your ex-partner O Someone from the family O A friend O Where does the person who is harassing you live? Enter the address.

Home address Work address

Street Street

Postal Code Postal Code

City/town City/town What is the phone number of that person? Enter all the phone numbers you have for thus person.

Phone number 1: Phone number 2:

What is the e-mail address of that person? Enter all the e-mail addresses that you have for this person.

E-mail address 1: E-mail address 2: Which online accounts does the person who harasses you have? Tick one. Also enter the user name.

O Facebook User name:

O Twitter User name:

O Instagram User name:

O Snapchat User name:

O WhatsApp User name:

O Spelletje, namelijk… User name:

Information about the person who is harassing you For each occasion that you were bothered, please write down exactly what happened and when. Write everything down in a notebook or using Word/Excel.

Date and Time What happened exactly

What do you save about what happened? For example: notes, e-mail, screen-shot, voice-mail, WhatsApp message

How did you feel when it happened? For example: scared, angry, sad?

Where were you when it happened?

Who were with you when it happened? Enter the names and phone numbers of these persons.

Did you report this to the police? Then enter the number of the report and the name of the policeman.

Which social media does the person use? Or which devices? For example: a camera of listening device?

Did you go to the doctor or the hospital? If so, enter the name of the doctor or the hospital.