The internet is an existing place to shop
from the comfort of your own armchair you can browse for literally anything
from a new camera to a holiday or flight you are not restricted to the stores
in your local town, or even country and you can pick up deals at great prices
on a whole range of products
Shopping online isn’t just as safe as
handing over your credit card in a store
or restaurant however if you take care of few things it can be a safe deal
following are the things you should take care of :
1.
Never respond to an email request for credit
details all reputable companies will conduct transactions with you over a
secure website connection
2.
Remember to never respond to any email
advertisement and only visit sites you know or have book marked and verify the
address before browsing further
3.
Only buy from trusted brands and websites
4.
To ensure that you only do business with
legitimate companies check to see if they have a contact number an actual
retail store and a printed catalogue to browse
5.
Check a website’s returns and privacy policy
before going ahead with a purchase
6.
Check that you are entering your details through
a secure payment connection you should notice when you click through to the
transaction page of company’s website that the URL in the address bar
begins https:// (instead of the normal
http://). This is the standard encrypted communication mechanism on the
internet and means that your credit card
details are being sent securely
7.
Beware of deals that seem too good to be true
8.
Beware of limitations of the internet. The internet may not best place to buy
clothes or other products you need to see, touch or try on
9.
All reputable websites use secure payment
systems. These are either a company’s own system or a 3rd party
system such as world pay or pay pal
10.
When conducting a transaction over the internet,
look for the yellow padlock in the grey status bar at the bottom of your
browser page. This is an indication that the transaction is being conducted
over a secure connection
11.
As an extra precaution check to see if there’s a
gold lock at the bottom of the right hand corner of the browser if they don’t
include any of these reliable indicators ,you might want to think twice before
handing over your credit card number
12.
To be on the safe side, and avoid internet
fraudsters, it’s also a good idea to install and use security software such as
kaspersky internet security. it can provide you with industry leading security
services that will provide you more protection against the latest threats
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