WUSA9 interviewed Lance Hoffman, founder of GWU's Cyber Security Institute, about protecting personal identities during online shopping.All good advice. FOX 17 WXMI had more, along with some consumer horror stories, in HOW TO SHOP SAFELY online ahead of Cyber Monday.
According to the National Retail Federation, 57% of people are heading to the web to buy gifts. Norton created a cyber safety checklist ahead of Cyber Monday, which shoppers should look over it before Monday.Don't be like Caroline Richards before she fell victim to a scam; be like her now, as she's much more vigilant about who she buys from online.
10 Tampa Bay had the number one result when I searched for this topic, Cyber security expert urges caution amid rise in holiday shopping scams.
The busy holiday shopping season is upon us as Black Friday, the busiest day of the year for in-person shopping, gives way to Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and the on-going "retail rush" before the holidays.Again, more good advice, plus some person on the street (well, in the mall) interviews that added more action. They also provided a segue to checking the Black Friday sales figures I promised on Small Business Saturday as WCNC reported Black Friday results in record-setting shopping numbers with Cyber Monday still ahead.
On Friday, crowds flooded the International Plaza in Tampa to try to score deals.
Estimates show around $11 billion was spent online during Black Friday.One trillion dollars in holiday sales for the U.S. might just happen. I might check the total holiday sales figures at the end of the month, but I think I will be busy with my end of year retrospectives and probably the Saturn Awards nominees then. May you stay tuned for those, but first return to read about Giving Tuesday as I complete the extra-long holiday weekend.
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