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Ultimately, however, the potential for a violation of your privacy is typically out of your hands after purchasing from an online “ e-tailer ” or store.

One of the most common forms in which hackers receive private information from online “ e-tailers ” actually comes from an attack placed upon the site ’ s servers responsible for maintaining information about previous transactions.

For as experts explain, these “ e-trailers ” are not doing nearly enough to maintain or improve their security measures.

Even those sites that clearly present a privacy or security policy can be subject to hackers ’ havoc as most policies only rely upon encryption technology which only apply to the actual transfer of a customer ’ s data.

However, with this being said, most “ e-tailers ” have been making improvements, going as far as covering some of the credit card fees if the information ’ s abuse can be tracked back to the site ’ s servers.