According to a study of consumer sentiment toward online shopping and security released by McAfee, and conducted by Harris Interactive, only about a third of online consumers believe that most websites are safe for shopping, an 11 percent decrease since McAfee conducted the survey in 2009. The majority of online consumers, 84 percent, continue to [...]
Recent severe weather conditions have meant that shoppers turned to online sites such as VoucherSeeker to give them voucher codes and discounts in order to get their retail fix for less. The bad weather brought the country to a standstill, costing the economy up to GBP600 million a day. It was the worst cold snap [...]
Security expert Entrust says SSL digital certificates, strong awareness, the key to safer online shopping Once reserved for crowded malls and brick-and-mortar stores, shopping for the holidays has experienced a dramatic shift to online retailers. Unfortunately, it’s also a lucrative season for phishers and fraudsters, who use the jump in online traffic to illegally obtain [...]
National Cyber Security Alliance Finds that Security Questions Cause Online Retailers to Lose Sales As Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season and Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the online holiday shopping season on November 23, it is clear that Web site security plays a major part in consumers’ purchasing decisions, according to [...]