{"id":3006,"date":"2009-11-30T14:46:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T14:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/cautious_consumers_prosper_on_cyber_monday\/"},"modified":"2021-05-27T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:17:07","slug":"cautious_consumers_prosper_on_cyber_monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/cautious-consumers-prosper-on-cyber-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Cautious Consumers Prosper on Cyber Monday &#8211; National Consumers League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- content_before_flip_start --><strong>By <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #0000ff; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">John Breyault<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><strong>, Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Americans return to work after a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, millions will log on to the Internet is search of deals to help fill the stockings of friends and family members.\u00a0 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyber_monday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cyber Monday<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the Monday after Thanksgiving \u2013 has become an annual tradition for online retailers eager to snap up sales.\u00a0 A casual review of some of the more popular online stores will show a plethora of discounts, free shipping offers, and other come-ons to lure e-shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isaca.org\/AMTemplate.cfm?Section=2009&amp;Template=\/ContentManagement\/ContentDisplay.cfm&amp;ContentID=52922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information Systems Audit and Control Association<\/a>, a non-profit IT professionals group, employees will spend 14.4 hours shopping from their desks this holiday season.\u00a0 For both consumers and their employers, it\u2019s important to follow some \u201crules of the road\u201d when it comes to shopping online \u2013 on Cyber Monday or any other time.\u00a0 That\u2019s why NCL released ten tips to help consumers shop safely online this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to those ten tips, here are some extra precautions to keep in mind when shopping online:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be doubly careful with using mobile phones for online shopping.<\/strong> A desktop computer\u2019s browser may be more secure that a mobile phone\u2019s browser.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t use the same login\/password combination for each online shopping site<\/strong>.\u00a0 Many sites require users to create an account before products can be purchased. Don\u2019t use the same login and password for each site.\u00a0 This will prevent hackers who have compromised your information for one site from using the same information to make purchases at a different site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be wary of ads that appear on search engine results or in social networking sites<\/strong>.\u00a0 There is no guarantee that you\u2019ll be sent to the site you think you\u2019re getting.\u00a0 See www.stopscads.org for more information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Even if you\u2019re shopping online, keep in mind growing holiday debt.<\/strong> The Consumer Federation of America recently offered <a href=\"https:\/\/consumerfed.org\/elements\/www.consumerfed.org\/File\/Holiday+Spending+PR+11-23-093.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some great tips<\/a> for keeping holiday debt under control.\u00a0 Not only is this good advice financially, but consumers in trouble because of debt are also more likely to fall victim to scammers offering a way out of debt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you\u2019ve been scammed, report it.<\/strong> The only way that scam websites will be put out of commission is if consumers raise the alarm.\u00a0 File complaints with your local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Better Business Bureau<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Federal Trade Commission<\/a>, your state <a href=\"https:\/\/naag.org\/attorneys_general.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Attorney General\u2019s office<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fraud.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.fraud.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- content_before_flip_end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Breyault, Vice President of Public Policy, Telecommunications and Fraud As Americans return to work after a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend, millions will log on to the Internet is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3006"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19663,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3006\/revisions\/19663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}