{"id":1576,"date":"2021-11-22T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:24:36","slug":"online-shopping-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/2021\/11\/22\/online-shopping-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Shopping Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW119445493 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119445493 BCX8\">As more and more shopping<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2 SCXW119445493 BCX8\">goes<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119445493 BCX8\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>online you need to be extra careful in where and how you purchase goods online. Here are some easy tips to help keep you and your purchases safe.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW119445493 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Make sure you are using a secure website when entering your credit card information.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A secure website will encrypt your data that you enter, keeping it hidden away from malicious actors.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To confirm you are on a secure website check for the \u201cs\u201d in the https:\/\/ before the website&#8217;s address<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Most web browsers will place a lock symbol in the address bar signifying that the website is secure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW92451955 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92451955 BCX8\">If you are needing to create an account on a website to make a purchase look to see if they have the option to add Multi-Factor Authentication to your account.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW92451955 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW92161314 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92161314 BCX8\">This might be especially important if they keep your credit card information on file.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW92161314 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW13676262 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13676262 BCX8\">Avoid making purchases on open public Wi-Fi.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW13676262 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41980985 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41980985 BCX8\">Open public wi-fi is vulnerable to people capturing and reading the network traffic. Especially if purchasing on an insecure website, your credit card and personal information might be visible to anyone else on the network.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW41980985 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW258960951 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258960951 BCX8\">If purchasing something of high value have it set for pickup at the store or have it set to be picked up from the shipping company (Canada Post, UPS,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2 SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW258960951 BCX8\">etc<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW258960951 BCX8\">).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW258960951 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW151534605 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW151534605 BCX8\">Most shipping companies will just place packages at your front door, leaving expensive packages vulnerable to theft.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW151534605 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\">Almost everything is connected these days, leaving you vulnerable to having your privacy unknowingly breached.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\">From voice recording<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\">s,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\"><span>\u00a0<\/span>to video<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\">\/pictures<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123790438 BCX8\">, to personal information, anything can be shared these days.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW123790438 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW166711637 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW166711637 BCX8\">The Mozilla Foundation has built a hand website collecting which devices have or potentially can breach private information.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW166711637 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW91405100 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/foundation.mozilla.org\/en\/privacynotincluded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW91405100 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW91405100 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">*privacy not included | Shop smart and safe | Mozilla Foundation<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW91405100 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW91405100 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more and more shopping\u00a0goes\u00a0online you need to be extra careful in where and how you purchase goods online. Here are some easy tips to help keep you and your purchases safe.\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure you are using a secure website when entering your credit card information.\u00a0 A secure website will encrypt your data that you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-safe-computing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1580,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions\/1580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/helpdesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}