Internet is the perfect means to obtain gangues to low cost, with the advantage of being able to comfortably do it from house and receiving them in her. Christmas is a little while special for the stores that sell their products in Internet, reason why is necessary to take all the precautions possible to carry out a good purchase. The commerce online is not very different from the traditional one, but it has his own rules, procedures and safety measures.

In spite of the growth that is taking place as far as the accomplishment of purchases through Internet on the part of the Spaniards, still they are many those that are reticent. According to the data contributed by the Report on the Security and the Society of the Information realized by ISMS Forum Spain, in September of a 2010, 28 percent of the Spaniards they are not entrusted or it does not seem to them safe Internet as half to realize their purchases, a 16 percent distrusts of the modes of payment and a 20 percent is scared to give their personal data through the network.

Many prejudices exist about the privacy of the data in Internet, as well as of the security at the time of realizing digital transactions with our banking data and credit cards. Many people with hostile objectives take advantage ignorance of the initiated users or with little experience, to break the law in a as etéreo world as it is Internet, but as real as the habitual commerce where we realized the purchase.

In order to avoid to fall into the hands of professionals of the virtual deceit, he is advisable to follow you rule of security recorded to fire to buy calmly. Diverse courses and platforms like Protegetuinformacion.com exist, that help the Spanish internauts to realize their purchases of safe form. The first time usually is surrounded by fear and uncertainty, nevertheless soon we discovered the advantages of the stores online. If we respected the security protocols, there is no doubt that we will get to make of the purchases by Internet a culture.

10 essential advice


1. To realize a good search. We do not have to buy a product in front page Web that we find. Like it happens in the traditional commerce, the gangues also exist in Internet.

2. Taken care of with the supplies. If a product is incredibly cheap, we must distrust in first instance. Before we will verify if the site fulfills the security norms necessary and the products are not false.           

3. Security. In order to know if a site is safe, it observes the navigation bar. A safe Web is that one that takes the letters “https://�. The “s� of the end indicates that we can FIAR. In addition, if on foot of page, in the navigator, it appears the image of a closed padlock or a key, that means that we are before a safe connection. Also if it puts the motto Secure Socket Layer (SSL).


4. Payment. The way more surely is the payment contrareembolso, that works with money in metalist and it takes place to the delivery of the product (it has an extra cost). Nevertheless, the used option more is the credit card. Luckyly, more and more banks implement new security systems (payment footbridges), that they prevent that whatever has our number of card it can make payments by the network. Also companies specialized in safe transactions exist that they protect so much to the buyer as to the salesman, acting simply like intermediaries. The best the most used example and is PayPal.

5. Conditions of purchase. What happens if there is to give back the product, who runs with the expenses of shipment, if there are geographic restrictions in the deliveries, accepted modes of payment, etc.

6. Right to invoice or ticket. When finalizing the purchase process, we will have to receive in our electronic mail a copy. In other cases, we will be able to print it at the end of the process directly. These documents will be taken like receipt and test in case of claim.

7. Foreign Web sites. We will have to lend the attention double when one is a vestibule of another country, since the effective legislation as far as privacy policy or commercial transactions it can be different.

8. Caution with the passwords. In no case, we must send our passwords by electronic mail, nor publish them in forums or conversations of chat. The alphanumeric passwords are quite safe.

9. Expenses of shipment. Many supplies usually increase their price with abusive expenses of shipment. We must pay attention to the conditions and types of shipment, since usually they vary based on the rapidity and transports of products.

10. The danger always exists. As it happens with the traditional commerce when we paid with a credit card or removed money from a teller, Internet is not free of dangers, therefore we must always carry far the precautions and review the transactions twice.