In Today's Information technology era shopping is just a click away, In a country like India where we can see a new revolution in online shopping by considering the growth chart of shopping giant like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon in India.
If we look at the growth of information technology and cyber Fraud both increased simultaneously in the past few years, Now cybercriminals are more advanced they are using the latest information technology technique to hack password so while enjoying the convenience of online shopping we have to very cautious about our hard-earned money by taking the safety precaution while shopping online.
10 Tips For Safe Online Shopping-:
- Always use reputed and well-established online retailers. Never use an unknown or lesser-known retailer in order to get a better deal.
- Go directly to the seller’s site rather than clicking on a coupon or discount link that you got from an unknown source.
- Whenever possible to use your credit card for shopping then using a debit card.
- Never enter your card information on a page that is not secured, that is check whether the site protocol is HTTPS or not.
- Protect your PC from viruses by using a good antivirus program and update the program regularly.
- Do not use a shared computer for online shopping such as internet cafe.
- Do check the seller’s privacy policy statement before buying. Do not use a shared computer for online shopping such as internet cafe Do check the seller’s privacy policy statement before buying.
- Never Share your social identity or any security numbers, date of birth etc. with any online retailers.
- Never Share your social identity or any security numbers, date of birth etc. with any online retailers.
- Do check retailer’s refund, shipping, exchange policies before finalizing payment.
- Last but not the least: Do check your bank statements on a regular basis and if you find any mismatch report the same to your bank immediately.
Above are the few tips for safe online shopping if you think anything got missed in this article let me know in the comment section of this post.