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December 18, 2010 at 6:09 pm #31042ZonglarsMember
I’ve got a client job building a sort of online shop. The order process I’m not concerned about, as the payment takes place off site (pay-by-phone, it’s what they want to do). However, they want one thing on the site that concerns me; a distributor application form. This form asks for a lot of private information, enough to lead to identity theft if it’s intercepted (these guys are legitimate, just low budget). The setup I had in mind is that an email of the receipt will be sent to the applicant and the client for review/processing once it’s filled out.
I could really use some help finding out what’s needed to make this whole process secure. I think an SSL certificate would help with the input part, but it’s the email part I’m worried about in regards to interception; the applicant’s copy I can always show only the last 3-4 digits of all the codes, but what about the client’s?.
Worst case scenario, I can just build an interactive PDF for the applicant to fill, save/print and email/fax to the client. The only reason they want a digital version is to avoid really bad handwriting. I was just hoping that an entirely online version might be better.
December 18, 2010 at 11:05 pm #69480PeretzMMemberWhat I’ve had success with for low budget projects is a form that posts to a secure database, with an email notification to the website owner.
December 18, 2010 at 11:52 pm #69481ZonglarsMemberActually, that’s perfect, since it would allow them to manage the entries and make corrections more easily. They’d still need an SSL certificate right? Any companies you recommend (assuming brands matter with these)? I think they’ll be with bluehost which offers Positive SSL, but I’m not sure how good that is.
Thanks
December 19, 2010 at 8:01 am #69491PeretzMMemberI’m not sure about which company is best for SSL, I’m not that much of a technical guy. I do know that you can get ’em for pretty cheap at godaddy.com, just make sure to do a search for promo codes first, try something like retailmenot.com…
Good luck.
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