Separating Safely From A Partner

It is not uncommon for families to have multiple ways to keep their family safe – from security cameras linked to phones, child tracking apps, Find my Phone, air-tags, and the list goes on.

What is initially put in place for the sake of family safety can very quickly, in the context of separation, become a mechanism for one party to a separated relationship to stalk, control and invoke fear in the other. On the other side of the coin, an inadvertent oversight about not dealing with these matters early can be used as evidence that stalking is occurring, resulting in restraining orders.

Sometimes this kind of behaviour by one party toward the other is one of the key reasons for the separation in the first place, and technology can often allow this behaviour to continue well beyond separation.