The bottom line is that risk is present and always has been in retail. In the pre-digital processing age, carbon receipts were a risk that could have enabled fraud. Even just ordering a pizza on the phone and giving your credit card number could be a path to fraud.
Vigilance has always been key to consumer safety with credit cards, and vigilance remains the watchword for Black Friday 2014 as well.
Simply stated: Don’t panic.
Read the full story at eWEEK:
Don’t Panic Over Black Friday Security Despite Rash of Retail Breaches
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.