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Your personal safety should always be priority No. 1. The following guidelines will help ensure your safety:
Guard your identity. Don't share your real name, personal phone numbers, or any other identifying information while emailing until you are comfortable doing so. Never post personal contact information in your profile. Don't risk having this information fall into the wrong hands.
Remain anonymous until you feel safe. Your communication options on SeniorHousemates.com are designed to help you protect your identity until you choose to reveal it. When phoning for the first time, you may wish to dial *67 to block your phone number. If a person provides his or her phone number early in the email exchange, that doesn't obligate you to use it.
Use a third party, anonymous email address. While SeniorHousemates’ system conceals true email addresses, hackers can breach nearly any technology. As an added safety measure, set up a third-party email address to use expressly for meeting purposes and forward your SeniorHousemate emails there instead of to your personal email box. Make sure you turn off signatures or identifying information in your email and consider using a P.O. Box for snail mail.
Block abusers. We STRONGLY encourage you to
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regarding any member who behaves in an abusive manner.
Our Terms of Use strictly prohibits the use of this service for the purpose of solicitation. Please notify us immediately if another member sends you links to a pay-to-view site or includes instructions about how to call a 1-900 number. Also report attempts to sell any merchandise or service.
Meet in public. ALWAYS arrange to rendezvous in a populated, public place. NEVER meet in a private place, or in a remote location. It is highly recommended that you take a friend or family member with you.
Tell a friend. Tell at least one friend or family member that you are meeting someone, where you are going and when you expect to return. Let the person you are meeting know the meeting is not a secret. Contact your friend before and after the meeting or ask your friend to contact you at a predetermined time.
Don’t leave home without your mobile phone. If you have a mobile phone, take it with you on dates. Most cell phones can be used to call 911.
DON'T ask the other person to pick you up. Get yourself to and from the meeting, even if you have to have a friend drive you or take a taxi.
DON'T leave personal belongings unattended. Don't risk having your personal information stolen.
Don’t forget to keep family and friends posted. Always tell someone who you are meeting, where you are going and when you plan to return. Let the person you are meeting know that your whereabouts are not a secret to your friends and family.
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