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House of Lords report slams internet security

August 11, 2007 by admin  
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The internet was branded as a “playground for criminals”, in a hard hitting House of Lords report published today.

Science and Technology Committee members from the chamber also branded the world wide web as being like the “wild west”, and recommended a kite mark system for trustworthy web service providers.

The world’s largest online payments service PayPal reacted to the report by releasing its own ten-point plan for customers to improve their own security.

PayPal recommended that suspicious emails purporting to be from users’ banks be subjected to special scrutiny.

Consumers were to look out for an urgent tone, a generic greeting and links to non-secure websites – those not prefaced by ‘https’, with ’s’ standing for security – on such emails.

Cristina Hoole at the payments service said: “The security of people who use the internet and shop online must become a top priority, not just for the Government but also software vendors, if the ongoing threat of e-crime is to be culled.

“Online companies have an obligation to consumers to help them stay safe online, so they do not become the unwitting victims of e-crime. PayPal does a number of things to help its customers stay safe online, and at the heart of our own activity is consumer education.”

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