Traditional retail stores that have one or more fixed physical locations
What is brick and mortar
100
Service that searches a large number of Internet stores and provides consumers with information on the quality and prices of different products
What is shopping bot
100
List of items desired as gifts for a special occasion such as wedding, birth, or graduation that is distributed and operated via the Internet
What is online gift registry
100
Company that sells access to the Internet to individuals or organizations
What is Internet service provider
100
Company whose sales are made entirely or in part via the Internet
What is E-tailer
200
Small text files that travel between a web site and your computer's hard drive, used to collect information and customize web sites for individual users.
What is cookies
200
buying and selling goods on the Internet
What is E-commerce
200
Level of protection given to data collected online when it is transmitted on the Internet and stored upon receipt
What is Internet security
200
Shopping online remains only a very small part of the __________ annual retail market in the U.S
What is $3 trillion
200
By 2000, almost ____ of all computer hardware and software was sold via e-commerce.
What is 1/5
300
The advantages of shopping online include
What is convenience, cost, and choice
300
What is one advantage of e-commerce
What is being able to shop while wearing your pajamas
300
Some consumers who are worried about the misuse of their credit card number do what...
What is get an additional credit card and dedicate it solely to Internet purchases
300
If you shop through a ____much more information about you is gather automatically
What is mail-order and catalogues
300
_________is recorded with each transaction
What is your name,address, the amount you purchased, and the sorts of products you buy
400
People chose not to shop online for what four reasons
What is preferences for traditional, offline shopping experience, resistance to paying shipping charges, uncertainty about the safety of sending credit card information over the Internet, and concerns about delivery, returns, and how to handle problems if they occur.
400
Shopping online, however, requires a handful of other tools such as...
What is a personal computer, online connection, online connector, account with an Internet service provider, a credit card or debit card, and web browser
400
Many sellers on the Internet ___any data you submit to ensure your privacy.
What is encrypt
400
Often you can avoid ____on an Internet purchase
What is sales tax
400
What means to put into code or cipher
What is encrypt
500
Two potential threats to the security of any information you provide online
What is data transmitted via the Internet might get intercepted and someone might gain unauthorized access to your personal data after it has safely reached its intended destination
500
According to the Fair Credit Billing Act, you are protected by two safeguards
What is you can challenge charges that you believe you did not make and you will only be held responsible for $50 when a lost or stolen credit card or credit card number is used by someone else
500
The greatest privacy concern of consumers, whether off or online is ...
What is identity theft
500
One of the primary government agencies in charge of protecting consumers from deceptive and unfair sales practices is...
What is the Federal Trade Commission
500
Consumer and privacy advocates believe that web sites should follow four privacy principles