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This is the section for staying safe when Shopping online and keeping secure when signing up for things on the internet.

Select the Advice button below to get going. If you want to learn about some technical tools to keep you and your computer secure, select on the Tools button If you want to know where to go to report a problem then select the Report button. Just to remind you there’s always the Glossary to help you if you get stuck on any of the words or terms in this section.

Finally, once you’ve looked at these sections, why not try out the shopping quiz in the Activity Centre.

Summary

Keep your computer secure: For more information on secure online shopping and general computer security visit:
www.childnet.com/sorted

Watch out for fake emails: The APACS website allows you to report fraudulent emails from people pretending to be your bank. www.banksafeonline.org.uk

Get you parents to sign up to Verified by Visa or MasterCard SecureCode
For Visa: www.visaeurope.com/personal/onlineshopping/verifiedbyvisa/main.jsp
For Mastercard: www.mastercard.co.uk/securecode

Find out about fraud: for information about all types of plastic card fraud in the UK, visit this website run by APACS, the UK Payments Association. www.cardwatch.org.uk

All organisations and their website links are correct at time of printing (July 2008).