How to use your Canadian credit card safely for online Canada shopping.

Using your Canadian credit card safely online. Here are some good common sense tips to protect your identity and credit card from theft.

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Hardly anyone gives this a thought yet the fact is that many credit card numbers are stolen under this scenario.

What has the above got to do with online credit card Canada safety. Absolutely nothing, except to point out that this exposure of your credit card to theft is far greater than the exposure you will face on the net.

Here are some good ways to avoid Canadian credit card to theft online.

1) Do not send your credit details by email.

Would you send your credit card information to someone through the regular mail on a postcard where anybody that handles the card can read it. Of course not. The online equivalent of a postcard is an email.

2) Submit your personal information to a site where you cannot verify that your Transaction is Secure. is a certain way to get yourself in trouble.

3) Do not click on those boxes that ask "remember my password", account number or any such repetitive expressions.

Canadian Banks are eliminating the auto fill function for passwords and account numbers because they create a possible way for cyber thieves to find your info. Many others are doing the same thing. Don't be lazy and forget the convenience of not having to remember recurring expressions. Get into the habit of never checking an auto fill box.

4) Do you store all of your personal information on your computer?

Net bandits will just love you especially if you are permanently connected to the net through the same ISP. If you do not have firewall protection you will be loved even more.

I have outlined the most common, well practiced, ways that people get themselves into personal financial trouble on the net.

Avoid these little traps and shop only at sites where you can verify that the transaction is secure and become a happy shopper use your credit card online safely.