Private internet history and data on a mac

I just switched from a PC to a MacBook Pro and want to make sure the credit card numbers, passwords, and other personal data I enter in a page get completely erased when I'm done.
When I was using Windows, I had a program called Windows Washer and it went through and scrubbed my entire computer from top to bottom every time I exited Explorer. It would erase files that I didn't even know Windows was keeping.
I've been told that I don't need to be this concerned now that I'm using a Mac, but I just want to be sure. Are there folders and files that are storing internet history that I would need to go and erase or clean up? Is there a program that I could get?
I'm using Firefox and have it set to erase my private data as I exit, but is there something I need to do on the OS X side of things like I had to do with windows?

I think you're ok. There aren't that many places for OSX to keep that sort of info, so as long as you have your browser set not to keep it and you don't save the passwords etc they're not stored.
Safari also has "private Browsing" which doesn't store any info while you're surfing - you can access it from the Safari menu.
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