{"id":10624,"date":"2018-10-25T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=10624"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:43","slug":"shop-online-safely-with-these-tips-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/25\/shop-online-safely-with-these-tips-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop online safely with these tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5689\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5689\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5689\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-e1511021106504.jpg\" alt=\"hand holding credit card, laptop in background\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/working-macbook-computer-keyboard-34577\/\">Pexels, CC0 Creative Commons<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The holiday season is just around the corner, and you may be getting ready to do some online shopping. The Safe Computing website offers tips to protect your personal information and devices when you shop online.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Secure your environment.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Keep devices and accounts secure and choose the safest ways to pay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Know who you are dealing with.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> What to watch for when choosing an online retailer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Avoid the traps.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pitfalls and scams to avoid for more secure online shopping.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/be-safe-online\/online-shopping\">the full list of tips<\/a> and share them with your colleagues, family, and friends.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/WL0m21\">Download an 8\u00bd\u2033\u00d711\u2033 tips poster<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The holiday season is just around the corner, and you may be getting ready to do some online shopping. The Safe Computing website offers tips to protect your personal information and devices when you shop online. Secure your environment. Keep devices and accounts secure and choose the safest ways to pay. Know who you are dealing with. What\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/25\/shop-online-safely-with-these-tips-2\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":5689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[384,23],"class_list":["post-10624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-commerce","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-e1511021106504.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-125x83.jpg",125,83,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-700x466.jpg",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-e1511021106504.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-e1511021106504.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CreditCardComputer-e1511021106504.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Matt Ranville, ITS Privacy Office","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mrr\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The holiday season is just around the corner, and you may be getting ready to do some online shopping. The Safe Computing website offers tips to protect your personal information and devices when you shop online. Secure your environment. Keep devices and accounts secure and choose the safest ways to pay. 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