Be Card Smart Online

Before entering sensitive information (such as your card details) into a website, you should always check that this information is being handled in a secure manner. Make sure that the data being sent is encrypted (i.e. scrambled or encoded) as this makes it much more difficult for anyone else to read or change your personal information.

Whenever you are typing in personal information, make sure that the web address
(in the address bar) begins with https (the s stands for ’secure’). Also check to see
if a small locked padlock appears in the browser window.

• With Internet Explorer 7 the padlock is located next to the address bar.
  Using Firefox the padlock appears in the bottom of the browser frame.
• With an Apple computer (Safari browser) the padlock appears in the upper right hand corner of the browser frame.

The ’padlock’ is one way of checking that a website is secure and indicates that your information will be encrypted.