Tips For Safe Online Shopping

These tips from the American trade Commission (FTC), which has been published for consumers who shop online:

- Look for that site's privacy policy. Companies must inform consumers what information is collected, how to use it and whether it will sell or give this information to others.

- Keep your personal information. Given only if you know who is collecting it, why and how it will be used.

- Hide your password.

- Pay by credit card. If you do not get stuff, do not pay the credit card bills.

- Check shipping and return policies of the company.

- Ensure that transactions on the site is safe (secure) before you make a purchase


Better Bussiness Bureaus (www.bbb.org) is a non profit organization that serves the public interest by promoting ethical business practices in the trade. They publish tips for online shopping:

- If you're surfing the internet, you probably will feel familiar with the term digital store (digital stores) and online mall (online malls). Thousands of consumers are now using the ease of shopping at home via computer. You can buy anything, clothes, computers, CDs, you just mentioned! The crowded malls, long queues and difficult access to parking will be memorable. It looks great? Indeed yes!

Better business bureau (BBB), together - together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers these tips to ensure that your online shopping experience will be satisfactory.

- If you are interested in trying out new merchants, which you do not know, ask the merchant physical location (address and No. Phone) so you can check the reliability on outside organizations like the BBB or other consumer protection foundation.

- Check the company's policy to refund the money and goods before you do stuff.

- Never give your password. When creating a password, avoid the use of existing numbers, such as your house number, birth date or no. Phone or No. KTP. If the site asks you to create an account with a password, do not use the same password for other accounts or sites.

- Be - careful when asked to provide personal information, such as the No. KTP or No. Your personal bank account to conduct transactions. Personal information is rarely necessary and you should be introspective.

- Check the company with the Better Business Bureau in your city. To Telephone or address of your nearest BBB, visit the BBB website at http://www.bbb.org. BBB offices in Boston and New York City provides online business realibitas report.

- Pay attention to the "address" of the site - Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it. URL TSB ensure you are dealing with actual companies. Is a good habit to print your order and confirmation number to the printer as your record.

- Know the right - your rights. Laws that protect you when you shop using the telephone or mail order will also protect you when shopping on the Internet. According to these regulations, companies must submit your order at the same time with the time stamp on the ad. If no time is promised, the company must send your order within 30 days after you receive it or give a 'notification options'

- If you decide to pay by credit card or debit card, your transaction will be protected by the Fair Credit Billing Act (Law of the Fair Credit Billing), if you do not feel good to give No. Credit Card or Debit Card online. Send the number via phone or fax the company.

- To obtain additional advice or other tips that can make a wise purchase online and offline, visit the BBB website (www.bbb.org) and the FTC site (www.ftv.gov).