To stay afloat in the COVID-19 era, many smaller retailers have set up e-commerce sites on Shopify and Etsy or partnered with online marketplaces like Amazon.com and Walmart to sell their products. And even now most restaurants are still using online delivery services like Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats to make their takeout options more…
Jason Richelson
Once upon a time, I was a young wine merchant in Brooklyn, N.Y. and a new customer came into my store looking to buy several cases of expensive wine for a wedding. I was so excited by the big sale but, for whatever reason, I couldn't connect to my credit card processor. The customer asked me to type in the card number because his card's magnetic stripe wasn't working. And so I did. I put the transaction through, only to find out days later that the card didn't belong to the customer and I was on the hook for the cost and out of the product. I decided then and there to educate myself on everything I could do to keep my business and my customers’ personal data safe from fraudsters. Here are six tips:
