... of a customer web site along with effective advertising will increase card usage by existing customers, while also attracting a new customer-base. Project Objectives The objectives for the implementation of Online Credit Card services for InnDebt Corporation are: • To expand their current operations to the WWW within six months • To ensure that the web site is fully operational 24 hours ... to either Microsoft Money Or Quicken. Online Application Forms: The Online Application Forms will allow potential customer to apply online in a secure environment. The system will have access to a...

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... of goods electronically is becoming easier by the day. The majority of e-businesses have software set up on their websites to take and record your order as well as your credit card and personal information. The software is set up in such away that you can order anything you want without having to interact with anyone what so ever. In conjunction ... security. Anything sent over the Internet is sent through several different computers before it reaches its destination. The concern regarding Internet security and privacy is that unscrupulous hackers can capture credit card numbers or reco...

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... from which sort of specialized services that will perform those functions to the hardware and software to perform those services. There will also be analysis of how e-business will verify credit, process orders and how it will fulfill that order, as well as verifying the shipments and any post sales support of the e-business process. For every venture into e-business ... their physical counter-parts, e-business operations must be able to allow for searches that compare products, to select products, to place and confirm orders, to pay for products, to verify credit, to process orders, t...

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... This comes in very handy for those parents who dont know what to get their child. Ordering is the basic form fill out and they accept credit card and K-B Toys Gift Cards. Product distribution includes shipping to United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam with plans to expand ... picture of what the bouquet looks like. It also included the option to upgrade the bouquet with more flowers. A form was needed for ordering and credit cards are the only payment accepted. FTD can ship to the US, most of Canada and another 150 countries worldwide which really makes them a top...

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... you want to leave on it, you click the submit button under that flight. You are finally ready to purchase. Before you decide to purchase and put in all your credit card and address information, you need to make sure this Web site is a secure site. There should be a sign or a sentence somewhere on the page that will tell ... you the site is secure. All this means is that no one but the people authorized can view your credit card information. If this is not a secure Web site, get away from it and choose another site. You don't want anyone stealing your ... credit card information. To purc...

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... on a foundation that was started more than 125 years ago with Western Union's money transfer as an example of telegraph technology. (Hof, R 2000) In the early 1900's the advent of credit cards as a payment system revolutionized the process of computerized commerce functions. In the mid 1980's the introduction of the ATM card was the latest improvement to electronic commerce. Now today ... 's society revolves around the use of their credit and bank cards, many would be a lost without them. Today, the Internet serves as an important determinant in the functioning of E-commerce. Before the ...

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... . Be very careful about responding to e-mail, phone call, fax, from anyone asks for your password(s), social security number, birth date, bank account, credit card number or any other personal information. Always verify if the contact person does work for the selling company, to be on a safer side. The ... newspaper always mentions about the hacking of security. This is possible every where. Haven't you heard of credit cards being stolen and then being over charged? The hacking of security used to happen even before online shopping was introduced and it still happens today ... of the sto...

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... the site without authorisation. This problem can affect everyone who uses any internet services and ultimately can lead to very confidential information(such as credit card numbers) getting into the hands of criminals. Internet services and facilities are now used and provided by many companies and individuals worldwide ... a record of every bit of information you upload or download, and must keep records for official purposes. Any sites that ask for your credit card number for "pay by use" or restricted services could, in fact, sell or use such information for illegal purposes such as fr...

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... rights and cause undue worry. She feels that while pornography is present on the Internet, that it is not easily accessible to children since a credit card is required for access in most cases. She also points out that parents should be responsible for monitoring what their children are viewing on ... states that after researching the Internet extensively, she was rarely able to find any pornography and that the little that she did find required a credit card for access. She concludes that since it was so difficult to find (let alone to access) the children who were being exposed to Int...

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... be able to shop around for an airplane ticket and might decide to buy one over the internet, yet the minute you type in your credit card number you attract people in finding that number and using it without your consent. You might be amazed at how easy and helpful sending ... objections to it. Since the internet is so easy, accessible and essentially unregulated, it leaves room for many controversies about the web, including electronic commerce, credit card fraud, invasion of privacy and more. By far though the most controversial and talked about "problem" is pornography on the web. Imag...

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... act. 1988 The original version applied to the Commonwealth public sector. It was amended in 1990 to apply also to the credit reporting industry. It was then further amended in 2000 to apply to much of the private sector. The original statute was adequate, the 1990 ... credit reporting amendment reasonably strong, and the 2000 private sector amendment so bad that some people think it is merely the world's worst ... some government department records or stored in bank vaults, readily available information is everywhere and the repercussions have put our identities in jeopardy. It could ...

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... breakdown in security of a major Internet corporation. High profile examples include the report last March on Amazon.com, "Intruders had access to customer credit details for four months at site owned by world's biggest e-tailer". These kinds of reports have led to talk in the electronic business sector ... of security is Netscape's 'Secure Socket Layer' or 'SSL Protocol'. It uses the standard PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) to transfer private information (e.g. credit/debit card details) from the client i.e. the customer, to the server, or seller. This application has become standard in...

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... that try to break into companies and screw them up or transfer balances from one account to another; there are also hackers that want to see if they can get credit card numbers, account numbers of stocks of someone, and order tracking. "Who's signing up for high-speed Internet access these days? People like my mom, who recently became one of ... the occasional e-mail but mainly uses the Web to manage her investment portfolios. A typical user, in other words." (Tanaka, Newsweek 3) On the internet, when you buy something electronically with your credit card, the company that you are buyin...

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... might run across information that contains sexually explicit material. Although regulations have been placed on web sites that offer sexual content, most of these sites can still be accessed without a credit card. For instance, Madden says a visit on Netscape at the Yahoo search engine, one could only type inmen? and approximately 3,440 sites matching would appear. One of these sites was ... subject to view butt shots of young boys. They could even preview several other shots that are designed to lure them into giving up a credit card number; however, there are various shots that could ...

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... . Crackers dedicate their work to purposely infect programs and distant computers that access the internet. In July 1997, successfully capturing and distributing credit card numbers of NBA and ESPN users, crackers achieved the first widely known attack on internet credit card data. On the same year, another cracker known as "Snak" was taken into custody by FBI agents after he had stolen ... over one hundred thousands credit card numbers from an internet service provider (ISP) located in northern California. Nevertheless, the "internet tasking force" (ITF), a group of knowledgeable engine...

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... deemed to occur; however, these rules are extremely difficult to apply where transactions are instantaneous and where the seller and the buyer could be in two different countries with the credit card authority which confirms the transaction located in a third country. In addition, the nature of the Web can lead to the transaction actually flowing through 10 or even 20 countries ... they are still in their infancy. Payment Payment is perhaps the most interesting of the problems faced by store keepers and consumers. For some reason there is a perception that giving credit card information...

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... home. This is something that was portrayed in early sci-fi movies and is now reality. Consumers even have a cute shopping cart' to add their selected items but must have a credit card to purchase. I found it confusing when shopping on the Internet and difficult to find Australian sites. The market seems to be dominated by overseas (mainly the U.S.) countries which when ... or getting time off work to do this. I think you would have to be extremely careful of where you buy of the internet as to the security of putting your credit card details on the web and whether you were buying from a...

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... and top-secret files. Hackers do not target the average person, but they are in danger of fraud and con artists. Stolen credit card numbers have been believed to be a major problem. The criminals get the number of a credit card and charge ridiculously high bills, but by the time the bill arrives they have already moved on to the next victim. Many ... ...

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... , what if the government provided everyone with a number that would allow those of appropriate age into these websites or what if all Internet sites required a credit card for access? Since most children and adolescents cannot obtain credit card information without their parent's permission, this could be another form of control. The Internet for some time has been a source of communication and information ... ...

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... the world together, does the Internet invade the privacy if people too much? Everything is on the Internet; One just needs to know where to look. Pictures, information, and even credit card numbers can be found on the Internet. Nothing can completely stop others from obtaining this information. In the movie "The Net", Sandra Bullock's character was stripped of her identity ... visitors. Many search engines and websites personally install these cookies in its users individual hard drives. Once the cookie is installed, there is much information to be obtained. The passwords, credit card n...

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... there learning about where we live, what we are doing online and what we keep on our computer. They can be stealing financial records, going through personal files and finding credit card numbers all by a simple click of a mouse. This is the information war a war not fought with guns and planes but rather a mouse and a keyboard. With just a simple click web ... , is an email virus. This is a virus you can get just by opening an email or downloading an attachment. Another type of hacking focuses on fraud, which involves using fake credit cards, different identities and commercial frauds. ...

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... can be found dramatically cheaper on the web, because of the online competitors. Nevertheless, consider the other half, which is, the items have to be delivered and paid for by a credit card. For example, a new Sony laptop goes on sale at an incredible price, but remember paying for the laptop may just add up to the regular amount, by calculating costs ... for shipping and handling. In addition, there's a chance of identity theft, which means through online hacking, someone could aquire your name, social security number, and credit card accounts and do an extreme amount of damage. Altho...

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... hackers. Hackers can send viruses to your PC and, unless you have a virus checker, you cannot correct the damage it does. Hackers can also access things like e-mail accounts or credit card details. The ethics of using the Internet can cause problems too. Some people can become addicted to it and may use it as a substitute to social life. One statistic ... be gathered from our PC and stored by sites. There are a lot of fraud possibilities on the Internet. Any site could set themselves up, tricking you into giving them your credit card details so that they can steal money off you. People'...

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... . E-commerce was introduced in 1992 and created a new way to purchase products online without the hassle of line ups. However, it also introduced a new way for thieves, to obtain your credit card and personal information easily. Thus, our privacy is yet again invaded since it was badly designed to provide insecure transactions. Companies could track down what users want as they ... profile of each customer. However, not only can companies track your activities, hackers can also penetrate the most secure military and financial facilities. (Stoddart) They can steal personal information and...

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... people. Now, with the internet and the freedom of speech, so many people are misinformed. People no longer have privacy of personal information either. Everything from social security numbers to credit cards of people can be found on the internet. Since the internet is easily accessible, identity theft has become a big problem. "Information is now a commodity that can be sought and ... , or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance one's status" (Postman 492). The world is now a open book and anyone is free to read it. The Credit Bureau, Banks and even employers ...

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