Holiday Identity Theft
After spending Saturday afternoon carefully choosing what gifts to purchase for friends and family with her hard-earned and well-deserved income, my 23-year-old sister returned home only to learn from the bank that she had been a victim of identity theft. Some punk went shopping in Jamaica, New York and spent over $1,000 of HER money. Now, she’s in the process of reporting the fraudulent charges and hoping that she will recoup what was lost, especially in time for Christmas.
Unfortunately, my sister is not alone. This holiday season will likely usher in thousands of cases of identity theft, ranging from online scammers who log your keystrokes and steal your passwords to criminals who steal packages right from your doorstep and acquire credit card data found on delivery invoices. Online transactions are not necessarily the root of identity theft, however, they equate to one slice (or maybe 2-3 slices) of a large problem pie. Online businesses have a responsibility to do everything possible to protect consumer information, provide relevant privacy safeguards, and assure consumers that their data will be treated with the highest level of security.
That said, how can one ever dream of buying a template e-commerce website with a basic (to say the least) shopping cart platform and minimal (to no) merchant services to start their own online business? To be frank, such a person is naive to real consumer concerns and demands and will ultimately see their business FAIL. There is a better solution! Smart online entrepreneurs utilize the custom website design and development services of DDA. Not only will our web developers design a site that is user friendly and that blows your competition out of the water, but they will encrypt data and program unique coding to prevent hacking from online scammers. Furthermore, with our website design and development company you can host your site and email on our secure servers.
Do your due diligence and contact DDA to find out more information.
Entry by: laura