Having checked that the website you want to purchase from is genuine, you need to then ensure that any confidential information that you are going to enter will be handled securely. The private information that you enter into a website at home or at work needs to be sent to its destination encrypted, which means that it is encoded or scrambled so that others can't read or change it. Once you enter the checkout area of a website:
DO NOT enter your payment details unless the website address starts with https:\\ and it displays a padlock next to the address bar, or in the right hand corner of the browser window, as shown below. DO NOT enter your payment details if the padlock is displayed elsewhere on the web page. |
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