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Online Shopping
Things to look for when shopping online.
1. Privacy Statements. Be sure to look for the Web site’s privacy statement. Privacy
statements are legally binding documents that describe the way the information
that you provide to a site will be used by that site. Understand how your
information will be used before you do business with a Web site. Steer clear of
Web sites that don’t have a privacy statement or that state that they will be
selling your email address to others.
2. Credit cards. Use your credit cards for all Internet purchases, the same
consumer protection laws that apply in a "brick and mortar" store
apply on the Internet. Credit card useage allows you to contest any charges if
the merchandise does not live up to their promises. Also, federal law limits
your liability to $50 for purchases made with a stolen credit card.
3. Security. No Web site is hack proof, but you should only place Internet
credit card orders through secure servers. Most websites alert you when you are
entering a secure area (unless you have that option turned off). Check that the
URL begins with “https” rather than “http”; this indicates that you have
entered the secure area of a server.
4. Common sense. Don’t disclose information on the Internet that you
wouldn’t want to disclose over the phone or in person.
5. Use online stores that are well established and have a good reputation or
that are part of a large off-line company.
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