Credit card online security

People have become accustomed to paying with their debit and credit cards in shops and over the phone, but many are still uneasy about their security online. The fact is that it's often safer making a purchase online.

The main concern with credit card security is protecting the card details from being copied or stolen.

Offline transactions like land line based telephone calls, can be less secure, and your details more available to being compromised.

Online shopping companies go to great lengths to maintain security, whilst also try to be seen as being secure. The majority of online retailers use industry standard encryption and security products. These are market-tested and well-established, namely Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) and Public Key Software Infrastructure (PKI)