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Online safety, data privacy, and digital health literacy

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What Is SHELY Vault: Your Encrypted Private Space for Sensitive Health Data

SHELY Vault is a separate, PIN-locked, end-to-end encrypted space inside SHELY for the health information you cannot risk anyone else seeing — cycle logs you do not want in-laws to read, mood and trauma journals, abuse documentation, fertility plans. This guide explains how Vault works, why it matters under India's DPDP Act 2023, who it protects, what to put in and what to keep out, and what to do if someone tries to force you to open it.

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Deepfake Body Scams & Sextortion: Protecting Your Privacy and Agency

With advances in AI, malicious actors can create realistic deepfake images or videos to extort, harass, or defame. Understanding how these scams work, recognizing warning signs, and knowing how to protect yourself and seek recourse are critical to safeguarding your dignity and mental health. Build a long-term safety stack: store evidence in [what-is-shely-vault](/varsity/what-is-shely-vault), [lock-shely-on-shared-phones](/varsity/lock-shely-on-shared-phones) so screenshots stay private, set boundaries around [sharing-health-logs-with-partner](/varsity/sharing-health-logs-with-partner), and remember this is digital sexual violence — the same support that helps with [i-was-touched-without-consent-now-what](/varsity/i-was-touched-without-consent-now-what) and [healing-after-medical-trauma](/varsity/healing-after-medical-trauma) applies here too.

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How to Lock SHELY on Shared Phones

When you share your device with family or friends, securing SHELY ensures your private health data stays confidential. Learn how to set up PIN or biometric locks, activate stealth or guest modes, and configure auto‑logout to protect your cycle logs, journal entries, and sensitive insights. For related guidance, see [what-is-shely-vault](/varsity/what-is-shely-vault) on private health storage, [sharing-health-logs-with-partner](/varsity/sharing-health-logs-with-partner) for consent-based sharing, [deepfake-body-scams-and-sextortion](/varsity/deepfake-body-scams-and-sextortion) on image-based abuse, [respecting-her-privacy-during-pms](/varsity/respecting-her-privacy-during-pms) for partner boundaries, and [asking-for-space-guilt-free](/varsity/asking-for-space-guilt-free) for setting limits with joint-family households.

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