I would like to know the exact process, as to what happns with my credit card number, after I use it online? Does a computer code it? Or is my number accessisble to others?|||It depends on the website that you give your number too. If it is a secure site then you are 99.9% not going to have any trouble. If it's not a secure site then you shouldn't give them anything. To know if it is secure or not, the web address should begin with "https://", the s means secure, or there should be a little picture of a lock in the bottom right corner of IE. Most secure sites also tell you they are certified by VeriSign or some other company. When you give them your number it is encoded and transmitted to their server, and then is transmitted to the credit card company for verification.|||Usually (hopefully always) your credit card number is encrypted so that it can't be read while it is being transmitted to the store's website. Once it gets to the website, who knows? The store may just use the credit card number once for the purchase, then "throw it away,", or it may put your credit card number in encrypted form into a database, or it may put it into a database without encrypting it.
Usually a store will put their privacy policy on their website for you to read, and you have to take it on faith that the policy is actually implemented, and that no other mistakes are made with the data.|||When you type in your credit card number on a web page, your computer encrypts the numbers before sending it over then internet for processing (assuming the web site is secure, I wouldn't enter my numbers on a unsecured site). The numbers are processed by machines only, no human eye should see your credit card number, besides those looking at the monitor when you typed it in.
It's a lot safer then when you go to a restaurant, and the waiter walks away with your credit card for a few minutes.|||Okay be extremely wary of using your credit card on line because once you have submitted your cc number it becomes accessible to the company and they will continue to bill you for various iteims. Always read the fine print I have had this problem many times and this has caused my bank account to bounce like a basketball. What they do is say you order a cd online and only want that cd well they will continue to send you cd's that you did not order or do not want and charge you for it....BE VERY CAREFUL|||I have ordered several things online without a problem,most sites you order are a secure site,nobody else can see your number,and after you place your order the final step is they give you a copy of it to print for your records. just be careful with Paypal if Paypal ever emails you and wants your information, that is if you even have a paypal account, don't give them any information, its a bunch of theives with a fake site that looks exactly like paypal
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