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Paying securely online

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Paying securely online

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- [Instructor] When it comes time to pay for something online, we often reach for our credit card and enter the card details into a web form. And for most people in most situations, this is a very common method of exchanging money for services or goods on the Web. If you're interacting with a retailer you trust or use frequently, you may not have any problem with them storing your credit card information to make checkouts and purchases even easier. But there are two issues to consider with using and storing credit card information for purchasing online. These are the potential for data leaks and the possibility that a vendor may be less than trustworthy. As we've seen many times in the past few years, data breaches at companies large and small can reveal personal information about customers. Often it's account information, like an email address and password that are leaked. But sometimes, if it's not properly protected, payment information can be leaked as well. Credit card…

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