keeping your transaction information secure Or How
To Keep your transaction is secure
In the changing lifestyle, the trend of online shopping has
increased these days. Along with the big cities, there is increasing craze
towards online shopping in small towns and rural areas, a big reason behind
this changing and growing and growing trend towards shopping is internet
collectivity on mobile and smartphone. But in the midst of all this, a big
problem is coming in during the transaction during shopping. The problem of
insecurity is that many times it has become common to get the payment of money
without ordering the order or not getting the product after the order is
booked. However, a little caution on this side can relieve us from these
problems.
1. Make one thing that in any case do not share your
credit card or account details by email, post or social media via email, post
or social media.
2. Generally retailers do not ask for birth date or
social security number etc., so never disclose it.
3. Check the delivery address, phone number etc. before
placing the order.
4. After shopping, make sure to logout from your account
on the online retailer's website.
5. Keep your smartphone, laptop or Mac updated so that it
can be protected from viruses and malware etc.
6. Remember, use strong password for more security.
7. Do not always use the same password for all accounts.
8. Keep in mind, change the password of the account from
time to time.
9. If you have logged in on the retailer's website
through your e-mail or social media account, then please logout.
10. It would be better to create a separate email ID for
online shopping.
11. Never use public Wi-Fi or public computer for
shopping.
12. If you are shopping with a smartphone then use mobile
cellular data only.
13. It would be good if you use a different browser for
online shopping. That is, during internet browsing, open a separate browser at
the time of purchase. Delete the browser's history and password etc.
14. Do the research at your online retailer before
shopping. These days many fake retailers are also present on the
internet.
15. Before purchasing the product, please read the review
of the product on the retailer website. This will provide information about the
retailer and also about the service.
16. Take note of the green lock and HTTPS before the URL
in the URL panel of the browser. This means that you are browsing on the Secure
website.
17. Always use Bayer Protection during payment.
18. If there is an option of OTP i.e. one time password
during payment, then use the same
19. The option of Reminder password makes shopping easy
next time, but it will be better if you do not use it.
20. If you are shopping with a smartphone, then definitely
use the PIN lock in the phone.
21. Delete the browser history, etc. even while using the
smartphone.
22. Keep Bluetooth off when shopping with a
smartphone.
23. Do not use public Wi-Fi for smartphone purchases at
all.
24. Calculate the total once before making the payment.
25. Do not assume that your favorite retailer will always
give you the right deal. Compare the deals on different websites before buying
anything.
26. After selecting the product, talk to the retailer's
customer care and take all the information of the product, then buy only.
27. After placing the order, please check the message on
the phone and mail on the e-mail, if there is any problem then talk to the
retailer's customer care. If the net connection fails during the payment or the
order is not completed or the payment gateway gets stuck in the middle, contact
the retailer website immediately and click.