Check whether you are on a safe and secured site or not?

Have you ever scared for the leaking of your valuable information while putting credit card number on any site? On many times you use your credit card to pay online but hardly have you thought for any misuses that may be occurred simply by the leaking of the vital information there. It sum it the time to know to what extent you are safe while using your cards on websites or putting personal information there. Below are some points under which you can get some hidden facts that rarely strike your mind.

Usually the percentage of online fraud is very little but you can not know you turn. So there are some ways that help you always find a safer way to go by for any kind of your online purposes.

The most observable security aspect of a website is Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or https. Normally web pages use this technique with their web address that sends plain texts readable by any one.

Actually https depends on two things i.e. the web browse you use to have a secure capabilities and it needs the Web store you are visiting to have the same capabilities. When your browser sees that it is visiting a secure site, it sends your requests and information using a secured socket layer in an encrypted form, instead of just plain text. The secure Web site knows how to decrypt your information once it gets there.

Every sites use to keep an SSL Certificate on its server. This is a unique file that allows your browser to authenticate that the web site it is communicating with is actually the one you think you are communicating with.

Another fact that you can check upon a site is that some browsers have a little symbol that appears when it is securely connected. For example, Internet Explorer shows a little yellow padlock in the lower status bar. Opera shows a gray padlock right next to the Web address. Firefox and Mozilla show it in the lower right corner. Netscape shows the padlock in the lower left.

Right now you may be informed with some of security aspects of these websites but still there can be some other ways that will enable to know whether you are furnishing your essential information to authentic sites or not.

• Never rely on all those sites received in your mail inbox. Do not click on a website you do not very well.

• See whether the site is offering its address and phone number on the page, as incase of any apprehension you may make a call or get the right information about the site from anywhere. • Do make hurry, and before putting your card number do check the website popularity. It any site is quite popular it means people are getting safe and secured deal there.

• Try to know whether the site has SSL security system on its server or not. It is there it can definitely help you get a 100% entrusted deal.

Getting a secured service is preferred by all of you and when it comes with your hard earned money perhaps it matters more there. Paying online is getting pace now a day and you too may have an obsession for it but it needs to be more cautious and check before whether you are going on a safe way or not?