Security tip from your saucy security minx: When a website asks you if you'd like to save your credit card information, if at all possible, don't do it! This doesn't apply to your own browser's secure store; rather the option the website itself asks you to use.

When you allow a company to retain your cc data, that's one more potentially exploited server that can make your data compromised. You never know how secure someone else's databases are; you'd be surprised at the large companies that store extremely sensitive data in clear text.

I do trust secure stores that are based on your own computer (apple has one, for example) because that data is held in a pretty secure place. But if you're shopping at www.scubastevesbaittackleandsushi.com, don't allow them to "save data for easier checkout next time". It's just one more way that you can take your data security into your own hands.

Not all security is equal.