This page contains resources and information on TFA, how to protect yourself against TFA, and where to go for help and support.
What is TFA?
Violence can include things that happen online or that use digital technology. Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) is using technology to threaten, control, stalk or harass you.
What does it look like?
Some examples of TFA are:
- Sending abusive messages or making threatening phone calls
- Sharing, or threatening to share, intimate/private images or videos of you without your permission
- Tracking where you are
- Hiding cameras that film you
- Checking your text messages, social media or internet activity without your permission
- Stopping you from having a phone or contacting people.
What should you do if you experience TFA?
If you experience TFA, there is support available.
- TFA is often a crime. Report what is happening to the police if it is safe for you to do so. Call triple zero (000) or visit your local police station
- Collect their messages, texts and calls as evidence to show to the police.
- Contact a family violence service such as GenWest or call Safe Steps.
- Visit eSafety for more information on how to keep yourself safe, and tips on the best way to collect and store evidence safely.
Resources and support services
Support Services
GenWest: 1800 436 937
Safe Steps: 1800 015 188 (Open 24/7)
The Orange Door: Call or visit your closest service
1800 RESPECT: 1800 737 732
Call triple zero (000) if you are in immediate danger.
Reporting options
GenWest Resources
Technology Safety Planning Information Sheet
Take Up Space Conversations: Image Based Abuse
Keeping yourself safe
eSafety: Tech-based domestic and family violence
eSafety Commissioner: Online Safety
eSafety Commissioner: Technology Tour
WESNET: Safety and privacy toolkit
WESNET: Technology Safety Australia
WESNET: 10 easy steps to maximise privacy
WESNET: Is there spyware on my phone?
WESNET: Securing your home WI-FI network
Get Support
Apple support: Unwanted tracking
Telstra support: Domestic and family violence
Australia Post: Free mail redirection for people impacted by family violence
