Reference Guide

184 Accessing the Internet
Take the following precautions to ensure that your online shopping
experience is both safe and secure:
• Verify the credibility of the retail website.
• Is it a well known shopping site?
• Does the website belong to an Internet trust organization.
• Can you contact a person associated with the website by phone or a
physical mailing address?
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Is product information and availability displayed openly and honestly?
• How fast will the order be processed?
• Are the shipping costs reasonable?
• Does the store have a reasonable return/exchange policy?
• Does the website use of encryption for user and payment data?
• Are there any quality seals on the website? These seals represent an outside
assessment of the security measures in place.
Controlling Pop-ups
1 From the Internet Options window, click the Privacy tab.
2 If the box next to Pop-up blocker is unchecked, then the pop-up blocker is
not turned on.
If the box is checked, then the pop-up blocker is turned on, and you can
click
Settings to access more features for the pop-up blocker.
3 Click Settings .
4 Enter web addresses into the exception area to allow pop-ups from
specified websites.
5 In the Notifications and Filter level section, place a checkmark in the two
boxes if you would like to hear a sound when a pop-up is blocked, and if
you want to see the information bar when a pop-up is blocked.
6 In the Filter level drop-down menu, chose Low , Medium , or High settings
to control the amount of privacy.