Human trafficking has become a considerable problem around the world. Girls and women are snatched from their homes and kidnapped off the streets while being forced to work in the sex industry. It’s a problem in the United States and in many other countries, too. Pimps traffic minors on a regular basis and use websites to do so.

The U.S. government has recently taken a stand to prevent at least some of the human trafficking that has been taking place online. On April 6, 2018, the FBI, the US Postal Inspection Service, and the Investigation Division of the IRS worked with the Joint Regional Intelligence Center to shut down Backpage.com and its affiliates.

What was Backpage.com?

Backpage.com was a classified advertising website that launched in 2014. The majority of the advertising focused on prostitution and escorts. However, most of the “escorts” were actually a form of sex trafficking. The CEO of Backpage, Carl Ferrer, has already pled guilty to the charges of facilitating prostitution as well as money laundering.

Although the site did include other products and services not having to do with sex, it was best known for being involved in the sex industry. It had the reputation for being a sex marketplace because it allowed pimps to promote sex with underage women, many who had been pushed into the industry from sex trafficking activities.

What the Government Has Done

The U.S. Department of Justice and several other law enforcement agencies were responsible for taking down Backpage.com. They were also able to obtain a criminal conviction for the company and its CEO. By achieving this, it was a major victory against human sex trafficking in Texas and on a global level.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has identified to Congress that approximately 75 percent of the cases that the center receives every year is related to sex ads on Backpage.com. Further, the over $100 million in annual revenue from the website was as a result of sex ads.

Backpage.com was a dominant marketplace for illicit commercial sex. The traffickers commonly advertised children on the site. Many of the people using the site in order to obtain sex were not doing so with the knowledge that they were funding sex traffickers. They were innocent people who were lonely.

However, sex trafficking is a problem because it is based on supply and demand. As long as there is a demand for such a thing, sex traffickers will be in business. By taking down a major website, and the affiliates that were found around the globe, where they advertised, it eliminates a considerable amount of their business.

Why There’s Still a Problem

There are still a lot of websites that aren’t monitored. There are no safeguards in place to prevent pimps from listing information. Although many sites don’t openly announce that women are available for money, there is enough lingo, such as the use of “roses” instead of dollars. Photos are also telling, showing girls instead of women.

Craigslist Personals, City Vibe, and other directories are still out there. Pimps will still be able to market victims, which continues to be a problem.

There are other sites like eros-guide.com, girl-directory.com, eroticmonkey.com, and openadultdirectory.com are still posting photos and providing “escorts.” The problem with these is that there are no licensed businesses running them. There’s no protection for individuals who want companionship because they don’t know how old the girls are and whether they are there because they want to be or because they have a pimp and have no way out.

Women should never be sexually exploited. There are many victims of this and they are being forced or coerced into the acts.

How to Enjoy the Company of a Woman Legally Using websites that don’t monitor the activity is extremely dangerous. It’s hard to know whether the women are there because they want to be there or because they are there because they have been forced through sex trafficking.

Within the outcall entertainment industry, particularly in Las Vegas, businesses are licensed. We understand the need to protect women and to ensure that the women involved in agencies are at least 18 years of age. We are a licensed business and meet everyone ahead of time as a way of mitigating many of the problems.

Our goal is to let people know that there are too many sites that are placing women in danger. Sex trafficking isn’t going to stop as long as they are actively getting business.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting companionship. However, anyone who wants to seek comfort from a woman needs to do so from a licensed business in the adult entertainment industry. It will ensure that the women are at least 18 years of age and want to work as an escort. It prevents human traffickers from making money and prevents more women from being forced into a trade that they want no part of, not to mention preventing the kidnapping of innocent children.

You can enjoy companionship with a call to an escort agency. You can ensure that you get a beautiful woman while avoiding any kind of interaction with human traffickers.

Amnesty International, a global movement of over seven million people who take injustice personally and campaign for eradicating human rights violations, has recently published a policy on the protection of sex workers’ human rights. After extensive research, the organization took the official stance of advocating the decriminalization of sex work. Amnesty International is just one of many organizations who support or call for decriminalization of consensual sex work. Other major entities who share in Amnesty International’s stance include the World Health Organization; UNAIDS; the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women; Global Commission on HIV and the Law; Human Rights Watch; the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health.

Amnesty International composed their policy on protecting sex workers from human rights violations and abuses by considering research reports focusing on these issues in four regions: Hong Kong, Oslo, Buenos Aires and Papua New Guinea. Tawanda Mutasah, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Law and Policy, has stated, ”Sex workers are at heightened risk of a whole host of human rights abuses, including rape, violence, extortion, and discrimination. Far too often they receive no, or very little, protection from the law or means for redress.”

The goal of the policy is to outline how governments must be more proactive in protecting people who do sex work as a product of abuse, exploitation, and coercion. Governments are also encouraged to allow sex workers to participate in the development of laws that affect their lives and safety. Another objective is to end discrimination against sex workers and make it easier for such individuals to have access to educational opportunities and employment outside of the sex industry.

Human Rights Abuses Associated With Sex Work

Amnesty International defines sex worker as being someone age 18 or over who receives money or goods in exchange for consensual sexual services. Women account for the majority of sex workers globally. Sex workers are a heterogeneous group, comprised of people of varying ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Sex work advocates feel strongly that all sex workers, both those working of their own free will and those under the control of a pimp, should have the same human rights afforded to those in any profession.

The social climate dictates that sex workers are continually marginalized, especially by police. Sex workers remain one of the world’s most stigmatized and vulnerable groups. Globally, the most common human rights abuses associated with sex work include the following:

• Violence
• Extortion
• Rape
• Trafficking
• Forced eviction
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Exclusion from health services
• Lack of legal redress

Amnesty International believes decriminalization is key to creating a safer environment for sex workers. The organization believes that laws on sex work should focus on protecting people from abuse and exploitation, rather than attempting to prohibit all sex work and penalizing sex workers. When laws are focused on making sex worker’s lives safer, and their relationship with law enforcement is improved, real issues of exploitation can be addressed. Tawanda Mutasah says, ”Sex workers have told us how criminalization enables the police to harass them and not prioritize their complaints and safety.” Amnesty International urges governments to make sure nobody is coerced to sell sex or is unable to leave sex work when and if they choose to.

“In too many places around the world, sex workers are without the protection of the law and suffering awful human rights abuses. This situation can never be justified. Governments must act to protect the human rights of all people, sex workers included. Decriminalization is just one of several necessary steps governments can take to ensure protection from harm, exploitation, and coercion,” Mutasah has said.

Amnesty International’s policy reinforces their position that child sexual exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking are abhorrent human rights abuses requiring concerted action and which, under international law, must be criminalized in every country. Law enforcement in many countries focuses on prohibiting sex work through raids, harassment, and surveillance, rather than protecting sex workers from violence and crime. Amnesty International’s research shows that sex workers often receive little to no protection from violence or legal redress, even in regions where the practice of selling sex itself is legal.

Critical Facts From Policy Research

When Amnesty International conducted policy research in Papua New Guinea, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong and Oslo, they interviewed sex workers, government officials, advocates and representatives of non-governmental organizations. They also performed a broad review of existing related human rights research globally. Significant discoveries in the research include:

In Papua New Guinea, sex workers are commonly stigmatized and accused of spreading disease, yet police have used condoms as evidence against them.

In Hong Kong, selling sex is not illegal if the sex worker is operating from a private apartment. However, such a private setting places sex workers in danger, as working in an isolated environment means they are more vulnerable to physical assault, rape or robbery.

Under Norway’s laws, sex workers are at risk of forced evictions as their landlords can be prosecuted for renting property to them if they sell sex there. It is legal to sell sex in Oslo, but buying sex and promoting sex work is illegal. Renting out a dwelling used for selling sex is illegal under the law on promotion.

In all locations, except for Oslo, Amnesty International learned of police violence is prevalent. Mistreatment from law enforcement included incidents such as extortion, rape, and violent detainment.

In Hong Kong, police are at times allowed to receive sexual services from sex workers in order to collect evidence.

It is important to note that Amnesty International neither supports nor condemns commercial sex work. What they do denounce is discrimination and human rights abuses committed against those who sell sex.

In the area of human trafficking, many falsely believe this includes only victims brought to the US from other countries. Another common misconception is that children are not often victims of sex trafficking. Creating a broader understanding of what human trafficking is and how sex trafficking affects every region of the United States is instrumental in bringing about awareness, and most importantly change.

Sex Trafficking Defined

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 200 defines sex trafficking as the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, in which the commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion. Under U.S federal law, any minor under the age of 18 induced to commercial sexual activity is a sex trafficking victim, regardless of any methods of coercion used by the trafficker.

This means all minors forced into prostitution, some not even in their teens, are victims of human trafficking. Minors are recruited using coercion in public places and online. Misconceptions about what human trafficking is, result in underreporting, even in cases where someone in the child’s life suspects something is amiss.

Warning signs demonstrated by underage sex trafficking victims include:

• Frequent unexplained school absences
• Signs of drug addiction
• Responses to questions seem rehearsed or coached
• Makes references about frequent travel to other cities
• Has a history of running away from home
• Physical signs of abuse
• Inappropriate forms of dress
• Basic needs are not being met; shows signs of being sleep-deprived or malnourished
• Displays signs of being uncharacteristically promiscuous
• Has a love interest that is significantly older
• Demonstrates a sudden change in attire, personal hygiene, relationships, or material possessions
• Expresses a need to pay off a debt
• Increased anxiety or extreme changes in personality

How Adult and Underage Victims Are Recruited

Situations of human trafficking victims’ vary to a large degree. Many are romantically involved with a trafficker at first, then find the intention of the relationship to be altered once the subject of performing acts of a sexual nature is introduced. Others are victimized when they believe they are being hired to work as a dancer, model or nanny, when they agree to move to a distant location, only to find the job was never real. In nearly every instance, one or more methods of coercion are put into play by a trafficker.

Traffickers employ techniques designed to prey on individual weaknesses and use situations to their advantage, including targeting children who are unhappy at home. With the emergence of online message boards and social media, securing new victims has become easier for traffickers, instead of more difficult.

Common methods of coercion used by sex traffickers include:

• Violence/Force Serious physical injury, restraint, rape, and confinement are often utilized to control victims in the early stages of victimization, when the target’s resistance is broken down.
• Threats The threat of abuse, to the victim and/or to the victims’ families, and warnings of severe retribution for non-compliance scare victims into following the lead of their trafficker and complying to demands to work in the sex industry.
• Debt Bondage Peonage occurs when victims are held under the threat of a real or alleged debt and find it impossible to pay down the debt as charges and interest increase. Traffickers create unreal expectations to keep victims in a cycle of debt impossible to ever pay in full.
• Fraud False promises regarding employment are made to victims who agree to relocate for work, while believing assurances about securing favorable employment. Upon arrival, they find the job promised was a ruse, and they are introduced to prostitution and oblige out of fear or financial need.

Human Trafficking Statistics

• In 2015, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center responded to 21,947 calls, 1,535 webforms, and 1,275 emails.
• Polaris’ BeFree Texting Helpline received 1,472 SMS messages in 2015.
• Of the above signals, 5,973 referenced potential cases of human trafficking.
• The leading location for sex trafficking was commercial-front brothels, with motel-based and residential brothels coming in second and third.
• Human trafficking occurred in all 50 states in 2015.
• Since 2007, over 25,000 cases of human trafficking have been reported to the NHTRC hotline and Polaris' BeFree Texting Helpline.
• The top five trafficking locations referenced in overseas cases include: Mexico, Canada, Philippines, Thailand and the UK.

Human Trafficking Facts

• California harbors 3 of the FBI’s 13 highest child sex trafficking areas in the nation (Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco).
• The average ages of a child sex trafficking victim are 11-14.
• Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry (behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking). It reportedly generates a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries.
• The National Human Trafficking Hotline fields more calls from the state of Texas than any other US state, and 15 percent of those calls originate from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
• Between 14,500 - 17,500 people are trafficked into the US every year.
• According to the US State Department, 600,000-800,000 individuals are trafficked across international borders each year, of which 80 percent are female, and half are minors.

Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

In a country where prostitution is criminalized, adults who make the conscious choice to work in the sex industry are not victims of sex trafficking. However, their relationship with law enforcement often deters adult women working in prostitution to report witnessing victims of child sex trafficking. Many believe decriminalization of prostitution would result in a higher level of reporting by women who would have otherwise been working illegally as prostitutes and by the victims themselves.

Knowing sex work is illegal, many victims worry about coming forward due the fear of being prosecuted. Traffickers often use threats of legal repercussions as an intimidation tactic to keep their victims from reporting. Being afraid they will be regarded as criminals keeps many underage and adult victims from going to police.

There is no single solution to ending human trafficking, but rather a series of actions that will rob pimps and traffickers of their power when they utilize severe tactics to essentially hold their victims hostage. Law enforcement stings only take a stab at a percentage of the problem, as it has become so rampant. More needs to be done at a grass-roots level to enable community members of all demographics to recognize victims and be emboldened to report suspected trafficking cases.

References:

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/endtrafficking

https://www.wearethorn.org/blog/6-things-you-should-know-about-state-sex-trafficking-laws/

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-human-trafficking

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/oshs/factsheet.html

Escort services seeking to amend their hiring regulations may recognize change is needed but are unsure where to start. For an upstanding example when defining guidelines, agencies are encouraged to follow the example set by Bunnies of Las Vegas Escorts. This escort service has remained steadfast in its commitment to contract only with entertainers entering the profession by choice. Their unwavering stance is explicitly detailed in their contractors’ agreement which other agencies are welcome to use as a model.

Escort services vary in hiring requirements, and many do not screen for current and past associations to pimps. While most services claim commitments to combat sex trafficking, few are proactive. Agencies neglecting to specifically state in their contractors’ agreement that an entertainer has no pimp associations indirectly lends support to the problem of pimping.

Sex trafficking by pimps remains a problem in all urban areas. Pimps actively force women and minors to work under duress, and this is not limited to America’s street corners. Unfortunately, the problem of pimping in America extends to a high number of escort services who are not properly screening entertainers. There are pimps who direct young women to escort services in an effort to expand their earning potential.

Established escort services must clearly state their disinterest in working with an entertainer who has a pimp controlling her in the shadows. The foremost reason for this is the social responsibility to fight the commanding presence of pimps in major cities as well as to provide a better service to clients by creating a legal, consensual environment for adult entertainment. An entertainer working under duress from an outside source must not be acceptable.

Ignorance is Not Bliss

Escort services too often look the other way and do not dare delve into a prospective entertainer’s past because the sole focus is on how she presents herself and her desire for employment. However, if she is turning over a portion of her earnings to a pimp, the problem of street prostitution is being fostered.

Bunnies of Las Vegas Escorts is one of the few escort agencies mandating that it will not hire anyone with current or past pimp associations and hopes services across the country will follow suit. Their escort service guidelines are the industry gold standard other agencies are strongly urged to follow if they do not have their own effective guidelines already in place.

Escort agencies must unite in a commitment to combat the existence of pimps to put a stop to an additional channel for pimps to bolster their livelihoods and strengthen their presence. Doing so is socially responsible and also enhances a service’s credibility. If you’re an escort service interested in taking up the challenge of hiring entertainers that are not associated with Pimps you can use the outcall entertainment agreement provided on their website.

Sadly, we live in a culture where needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users are more socially accepted than health programs for sex workers. Given the illegality of sex work in America, sex workers, even those who are insured, are sometimes met with disdain from the medical community. This often leads to a muted dialogue about prudent health history between current and former sex workers and the physicians they visit.

Changes Needed in Physician Education

A 2010 survey conducted by the University of California, San Francisco, detailed the fact that 53 percent of medical students believed they lacked sufficient training to comfortably address patients’ sexual queries. This is a reflection of general patients, so the outlook for today’s newly minted doctors being able to properly discuss health issues with sex industry workers is bleak. Visiting a clinic with an established history of treating sex workers is ideal because they not only present a more welcoming environment, they are also more adept at discussing relevant issues.

Fortunately, there are organizations willing to support sex workers and put anyone who asks into contact with a clinic with a proven history of open communication, understanding and compassion. The first step is to contact the nearest Sex Workers Outreach Program chapter to request a referral. Even if they are not local, a chapter may be able to make a reference in another area. Or they can make phone calls to vet clinics to determine their history of treating sex workers.

Transgender sex workers seeking medical care have a unique need in finding medical centers with staff respectful of untraditional gender identification. Educating physicians on how to best treat transgender patients should not be a patient’s responsibility, but sometimes giving an open-minded doctor the chance to become acquainted with the transgender community is beneficial. Questioning a physician prior to a first visit about the level of comfort in seeing transgender patients is acceptable.

Why Detail Sex Work to a Physician?

When contemplating how upfront to be with a new doctor, sex workers are tempted to be less than honest to escape judgement. A trusted relationship with one’s physician is based on total honesty. The primary reason for this is the added sexually transmitted infection, or STI, risks faced by those with multiple sexual partners, especially when condoms are not used. Everyone should be forthright about their sexual history when speaking to a physician, especially those who are at an increased risk for STIs such as:

-HIV

-Herpes

-Mouth ulcers

-Gonorrhea

-Chlamydia

-Human papillomavirus (HPV)

-Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

STIs that go untreated increase risk for contracting another STI. Lesions and irritation caused by   several STIs compromise the skin’s natural protective barrier. The Centers for Disease Control reports that people are 2-5 times more likely to contract HIV if they have a syphilis lesion and 2-4 times more likely to contract HIV if they have unprotected sex during an active herpes outbreak. If you are experiencing symptoms, do not delay seeking medical diagnosis.

Access to Medical Records

Insurance companies are not privy to your medical records. However, they do review the types of tests being performed. Many sex workers opt for confidential STI tests from free or sliding scale clinics in an effort to not submit regular STI testing costs to their insurance company.

A common theme among parents working in the sex industry is the fear that a medical professional will submit a report to Child Protective Services upon learning about patient involvement in the sex industry. While you should be upfront about the number of pregnancies and live births you have had, there is no need to detail specifics about the number of children in your custody. Courts rarely subpoena a doctor to release your medical records, but they do have the right to do so.

Sex workers often fear adverse reactions from someone in their personal lives when seeking medical care. Anyone managing the sex industry career of another cannot access medical records even if they are paying for office visits. If you are afraid to go to a clinic for care because you are being strong-armed into not doing so, you may smooth the way by saying you intend to tell medical professionals you are in an open relationship and have multiple sexual partners.

If you remain adamant that you do not feel comfortable or safe with detailing your occupation to a clinic, you can actually claim to be in an open relationship that exposes you to multiple partners. This informs the physician that you are at higher risk for STIs and will yield the comprehensive medical care you deserve. While complete honesty is always the best policy, the most important factor is getting the care you need.

The Bottom Line

Regular STI testing is a must for anyone in the sex industry. Even more important is seeking care when symptoms present. While we do not discount the fact some medical professionals raise an eyebrow to a sex worker’s chosen profession, it happens much less often than imagined by those hesitant to secure the care they need. Medical workers should not be thought of in the same realm as law enforcement. Doctors have taken an oath to treat those in need and are advocates for their patients’ optimal health. Do not let fear of judgement separate you from your right to qualified care.

Sources: Sex Workers Outreach Project USA

Much like freedom, privacy is a basic human right. While in real life, it is easier to maintain our public and personas separately, the same cannot be said about the big, bad world of the Internet. Right from the information we share on our social network profiles to our bank accounts, the sensitive details of our lives can fall into the wrong hands. For this reason, we have to be extremely careful about safeguarding our privacy, especially when using a public or shared computer. Fortunately, the new age operating systems, like Ubuntu, Windows and OS X, provide options to secure a person’s online browsing history.

Take the first step towards preserving your online privacy

Whether you do not want your significant other to find out what gift you ordered for him/her online or are trying to keep workplace snoops at bay, the first thing to do is to delete your browsing history. This is the basic step to ensure that the details of your online pursuits remain hidden. By clearing your browsing history, you can ensure that other users of the same computer are not able to access your Internet activity. The good news is that the current versions of all browsers allow you to erase your browser history.

How to hide browser history

Since every browser has different features, the steps to clear browsing history from each one of them may also differ. This article will discuss the process of deleting browsing records from three renowned web browsers, namely Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Safari.

Internet Explorer

As the built-in browser for Windows, Internet Explorer is available on every PC. If you want to hide the history of your online browsing and searches after using Internet Explorer, you need to follow these steps:

1. Get started: Before getting into the details, it is important to clarify that the process described here is for Internet Explorer 9. Open your browser window and locate the cogwheel right below the upper left corner of the window. This cogwheel represents the “Tools” option. Alternatively, you can also access the “Tools” menu by using the Alt + X shortcut. Another way of opening “Tools” is to press Alt, which will open a list of options right below the tabs. Click on “Tools”.
2. Click on “Safety”: Once you click on “Safety”, you will see a dropdown menu. Select “Delete Browsing History” (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + Del). If you are using the Alt route of going to “Tools”, you can select “Delete Browsing History” from there as well.
3. Or open “Internet Options”: After selecting “Internet Options”, you will see the “Delete browsing history on exit” option. Check the box right next to it and select apply. For more options on what you want to delete from your Internet browser, click on the “Delete…” button and check boxes for all that you wish to remove from your browser before pressing “Delete”. To delete browsing history regularly, you can go to “Settings” and select how frequently you want Internet Explorer to clear its browsing history automatically.
4. Keep future browsing private: If you do not want Internet Explorer to remember the sites you are going to visit, you can go to “Safety” and select “Inbrowser Browsing” (Ctrl + Shift + P). To make sure your information is not passed on to outside websites through cookies, you can go to “Internet Options”, select the “Privacy” tab and regulate the level of protection you want. You can choose default settings or even enter specific sites where you do not want your data to be shared.

Google Chrome

A relatively new entrant in the realm of Internet browsers, Google Chrome has gradually become the browser of choice for users of a variety of operating systems. Here is what you need to do in order to delete your browsing history on Chrome:

1. Get started: After opening a Chrome window, look on the upper right side and you will find an icon with three horizontal lines. This is the menu button for Chrome.
2. Select “History”: Clicking on “History” will open a new tab listing down all the URLs you have visited. In case you want to clear out your entire browsing record, press the “Clear browsing data” button. If you want to remove only a select few links, check boxes for all the pages you want to delete and touch the “Remove selected items” tab.
3. To maintain privacy for further browsing: Go to the Chrome menu and open a “New incognito window” (Ctrl + Shift + N). The browser window will appear a little different in the incognito mode, with a detective-shaped icon on the upper left corner of the window and the homepage informing you that you have gone incognito. Users of Chromebook can utilize “guest browsing” to keep their browsing history a secret. Items searched in incognito mode can still be seen on your office’s main server and by your Internet service provider. It will also not prevent you from being remembered by the websites you plan to visit.
4. Disable tracking: To avoid traces of your searches being left behind on a webpage, you can choose the “Do Not Track” option. Simply click on the menu icon with three bars and select “Settings”. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the blue “Advance Settings” link. This will open further options, one of which is “Privacy”. Check the “Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request…” box.
5. Handle cookies: Touch the “Content Settings” tab and select how you want the cookies on Chrome to be managed. You can also select what content you want to see while using the browser.

Safari

Safari is arguably the most popular browser among users of Apple products. To make sure that your searches remain from being seen by anyone else, the following procedure will prove to be helpful:

1. Get started: Upon opening your Safari window, you will find the browser menu options at the top. Select “History”.
2. Get the cleanup process underway: When you select “History”, it will open a dropdown menu with several options to choose from. One of these options would be “Clear History”. Click on it and it will start cleaning. To check if your browsing records on Safari are completely deleted, you can go back to the dropdown menu on “History”. If the “Clear History” option is gray and cannot be clicked, your job is done.
3. Permanently prevent your data from being stored: Websites make use of cookies from external providers, which can provide a lead up to your online activities. Additionally, these cookies will show you ads relevant to your search and stash your searches. Safari offered the choice of blocking out these third-party cookies for the first time. Even now, it enjoys the distinction of being the one and only browser that keeps external providers from storing information in the cache or databases.
4. Stop websites from remembering you: The Apple browser has also introduced a useful feature called “Do Not Track”, which completely wipes out any data exchange between you and a webpage.
5. For later browsing: Select “Edit” from the menu and click on “Private browsing”. By enabling “Private Browsing”, you can secure your future searches from being seen.