Guidelines For Ensuring Credit Card Safety

In my previous article, I talked about how online shopping has made life easy for people making transactions online. Despite the fact that it is very easy to make transactions online using credit and debit cards, you need to follow some guidelines in order to secure your funds.

In this article, I want to talk about guidelines for ensuring credit card safety. Follow me as we are going to look at that in this article. I will also divide the process into two, I will talk about what you should do before shopping and what you need to do after shopping as well. 

Before you shop…

• You have to check if the website in question is a known business entity. Is it a popular e-commerce website or you are just stumbling on it for the very first time. 
• There is a need for you to also check for third-party trust verification. There are reputable websites that are saddled with the responsibility of confirming and verifying websites. If there is no symbol of trust on that website, you need to tread softly. The site has to be verified by Verisign and eTrust among other verification bodies. 
• You also need to look out for the review of other users. You can Google sites where you can find comments of other users who have visited the site and transact with them at one time or another. 
• You also need to review the privacy statement of the website. This will give you an idea of the rights that you have under the law.
• You need to use only one credit card for all your online transactions. 
• Keep records of all your online transactions.
• Do not share your credit card information with anyone.  

These are some of the steps that you need to take while you are shopping…

• Disclose only required personal information. Be discreet.
• Ensure that you are using a secured computer and using a secured site.
• Adopt the use of a strong password. 
• Use one-click shopping continuously. 
• Check for a confirmation email after an online purchase or transaction. 

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