e-commerce

As Internet criminals grow smarter and sneakier, to avoid being a victim of fraud identity, Internet users are encourage to protect their personal data and financial information with few basic steps.

Below are some suggestions for Internet users to safeguard data:

1. Create a strong password or pass-phrase to protect access data

Use a combination of numbers and letters if possible.

2. Never reveal any personal information or passwords

After using any of the Financial Data Center or member services, remember to log out properly before leaving.

3. Avoid clicking on pop-up advertisement or downloading information from unknown websites.

4. Use own computer and avoid sharing personal computers

Users are not encouraged to use a work or public machine to access financial and other sensitive personal information.

5. Install antispyware and antivirus software

E.g Symantec, AVG, Norton and etc. It will clean and protect personal information and financial data.

In this 21st century, Internet is become common in our life. It seems that everything relies on internet. Internet is very convenience to all of us, we using it to communication, entertainment, transportation, education, and so on. How much your daily life relies on computer? How much of your personal information is stored either on your own computer or on somewhere else's system?

When we connected to the internet, we are exposing ourselves to much potential threats, such as phishing, security hacking, information theft, virus, worms and etc. When your computer exposed to these risk, all of the information stored in the devices is at the risk as well. Therefore, it is important for us to aware that computer security plays a major role in protecting their data from loss, damage, and misuse.

The best way to minimize the risk is to install anti-virus software on your computer, as well as a firewall. However, risk exposed is increasing with the increasing developed technology. Therefore, safeguards developed must be always up to date to enhance the defenses against online security threats.

For more information of antivirus software, please click the icon as below:

Electronic currency is known as e-money, electronic cash, electronic money, digital money, digital cash or digital currency which is exchanged only electronically. Typically, this involves used of computer network, the internet and digital stored value systems. Electronic funds transfer and direct deposit are examples of electronic money. Meanwhile, it is also a collective term for financial cryptogrphy and technologies enabling it.

While electronic money has been an interesting problem for cryptography. Currently, used of digital cash has been relatively low-scale. One rare success has been Hong Kong's Octopus Card system, which started as a transit payment system and has grown into a widely used electronic cash system. Singapore also has an electronic money implementation for its public transportation system (commuter trains, bus, etc), which is very similar to Hong Kong's Octopus card and based on the same type of card (FeliCa).

By the way, if a person goes to a web-site to sell any goods purchases anything things that they desired, these must communicated by e-cash or e-currency. Anyone wish to sell anythings through internet can set any amount. Normally the vendor will base on their own country currency to set the selling price. On the other hand, the person who sell the goods to global will normal set the price in US dollar.

Just buy and sell via internet!! It's very convinience!! The currency can be set as your desired...