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- http://preview.tinyurl.com/39qspa
November 26, 2007 (Computerworld) - "…Safe-shopping tips. Here are a dozen to get you started:
* Shop with online merchants you know and trust.
* Order from secure Web sites, which can be identified by a locked padlock or unbroken key icon in your Web browser (unsecured sites may show an unlocked padlock or a broken key).
* Keep printouts of everything, including copies of your order; Web pages describing what you ordered; Web pages that tell the seller’s name, address and telephone number; and any e-mail confirmations you get. And make sure you add the date if it doesn’t automatically appear on the printouts.
* Use credit cards for online purchases, which will limit your loss to $50 if your credit is used without authorization. But it has to be a real credit card, not a debit or check card. You may want to use just one credit card for all online payments, to make it easier to detect wrongful charges.
* Don’t give out your Social Security number.
* Don’t give out unnecessary information.
* Don’t send your credit card number by e-mail.
* Don’t give out your passwords for e-commerce Web sites to anyone.
* Don’t give out your bank information; no one needs it for an online order.
* Double-check every Web site address.
* Don’t click on links within e-mails. Type in the Web site’s address yourself – very carefully.
* Remember, if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
You can also direct users to online sources of additional information, including the Better Business Bureau Web site ( http://www.bbbonline.org/OnlineShopTips ), the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse ( http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs23-shopping.htm ) and the Federal Trade Commission Web site ( http://www.ftc.gov/onlineshopping )…"
- http://preview.tinyurl.com/39qspa
November 26, 2007 (Computerworld) - "…Safe-shopping tips. Here are a dozen to get you started:
* Shop with online merchants you know and trust.
* Order from secure Web sites, which can be identified by a locked padlock or unbroken key icon in your Web browser (unsecured sites may show an unlocked padlock or a broken key).
* Keep printouts of everything, including copies of your order; Web pages describing what you ordered; Web pages that tell the seller’s name, address and telephone number; and any e-mail confirmations you get. And make sure you add the date if it doesn’t automatically appear on the printouts.
* Use credit cards for online purchases, which will limit your loss to $50 if your credit is used without authorization. But it has to be a real credit card, not a debit or check card. You may want to use just one credit card for all online payments, to make it easier to detect wrongful charges.
* Don’t give out your Social Security number.
* Don’t give out unnecessary information.
* Don’t send your credit card number by e-mail.
* Don’t give out your passwords for e-commerce Web sites to anyone.
* Don’t give out your bank information; no one needs it for an online order.
* Double-check every Web site address.
* Don’t click on links within e-mails. Type in the Web site’s address yourself – very carefully.
* Remember, if the deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
You can also direct users to online sources of additional information, including the Better Business Bureau Web site ( http://www.bbbonline.org/OnlineShopTips ), the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse ( http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs23-shopping.htm ) and the Federal Trade Commission Web site ( http://www.ftc.gov/onlineshopping )…"