Online Security Is a Must

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Stay secure while shopping on the web"--

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, it's time for some common-sense safety reminders for Internet buying. For many of you, this is old hat, but with cyberspace holiday shopping projected to increase as much as 25 percent from a year ago, even the veterans out there need to be careful.

One of the most important things to look for while completing a Web order form is a secure connection. Look for the closed padlock symbol in a corner of your browser. Users of the Firefox browser will notice the Web site address line changes from white to yellow as an additional method for recognizing secure connections.

--Posted by Illinois PI attorney T. Evan Schaeffer of Madison County Illinois personal injury law firm Schaeffer & Lamere, P.C.