Showing posts with label secure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secure. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Secure Online Shopping (cont.)

Today, we are going to continue on secure online shopping topic. Besides log into secure online sites, credit card usage, and password issues, there are more secure or safety methods when purchse online.

Human always make mistakes. Thus, we need to double check the online form after typing in the amount of order. People may type in “11” instead of “1”. There are many online forms that will tell buyers the total price and amount of order. So, buyers are strongly recommended to check the items, quantities, and prices before confirming the order. Then, please check any confirmation e-mail that sent by seller. If there is any problem, notify the seller immediately.

Besides that, people may regret on what they have ordered. Some online shopping websites allow buyers to cancel orders but some not. For some websites, buyers can cancel the orders in a short period of time. However, if buyers did not act within that period of time, the order cannot be cancel. In this case, buyers are suggested to read the policy on “return” and react to it.

Then, buyers should keep a record on the orders made. Print and file a copy of the order form or confirmation letter in case you have a problem with it. The order form or confirmation form must indicate the items, quantities, prices, shipping costs, or even dates of delivery. By law, online businesses must deliver merchandise within 30 days of purchase or should notify you if there will be a delay.

Lastly, please remember that precautions are very important when you made online purchase. Just to tell you that “The Federal Trade Commission received 221,226 Internet fraud complaints in 2007” and we believe that there are more cases. Value your hard earned money, be careful when online shopping.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Secure Online Shopping

We do know that why online shopping still not popular in Malaysia. The reason is due to shoppers may not believe in the online shopping protection. How do we do so we will be shop online safely? Thus I am here to tell you how to do secure online shopping.

We must always log into the secure online sites. This mean that you have to log in https:// with the URL and not http:// with URL when log in. The URL with secure will be more safety to use compare to the URL which do not have secure. Shoppers have to be more caution of any "security" warnings that may come up when making an online purchase. Please make sure read them twice and don't just simply click "OK".

Besides that, there is a safety credit card usage instead of debit cards. This is simply because credit cards come with additional protection. Shoppers may use the low-limit credit card to limit the amount of damage someone can do if that card is compromised. Shopper smay just consider getting a credit card to use just for online purpose. They have to be alert and report any fraudulent purchases or suspicious activities on credit card to bank immediately.

When entering any website, shoppers have to use different password or PIN code. They have to memorize them and make sure change them regularly. Create unique password that are difficult to guess. For an example, password that with the combination of letters and numbers. Shoppers have to read the policy carefully and ensure that the personal information will not be disclosed to anybody.

Here is some of the secure online shopping methods. Do stay tuned with us for the following secure online shopping methods. Thank you.