Forms & Privacy
Stop emailing sensitive customer data: safer ways to collect it
Emailing PAN copies and card details puts customers at risk. Safer ways to collect sensitive customer documents, using private uploads and retention rules.
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How form data travels securely: HTTPS, TLS and encryption
A plain explanation of how HTTPS protects form data in transit: what TLS does, which versions to use, mixed content risks and checks for form services.
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Disabling buttons isn't enough: server-side duplicate protection
Use idempotency keys, unique database constraints and post-redirect-get for server-side duplicate protection, and handle payment retries and webhooks safel…
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Preventing duplicate form submissions and double orders
Duplicate form submissions cause double orders, repeated payments and messy data. Learn why they happen on slow networks and what each duplicate costs you.
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Why confirmation emails land in spam and how to fix it
Find out why website emails land in spam: sending from your web server, mismatched From domains, missing SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, and how to fix each.
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Confirmation emails after form submission: what to send and why
What a good confirmation email after form submission should contain: a reference number, a realistic response time, a copy of the details and a way to repl…
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Honeypots, time checks and rate limits: CAPTCHA-free spam defences
How honeypot fields, time checks and rate limits work as CAPTCHA-free spam protection, with implementation notes, weaknesses and how to combine them.
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How to stop contact form spam without annoying real users
A practical ladder of defences to stop contact form spam on a small site, from quiet checks to CAPTCHA, and how to judge what each one costs you in leads.
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Validating Indian phone numbers, emails and PIN codes in forms
Practical rules for validating Indian phone numbers, email addresses and PIN codes in web forms, including +91 formats, spacing, storage and common mistake…
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Client-side vs server-side form validation: why you need both
Understand client-side vs server-side form validation, why browser checks can be bypassed, how to keep rules in sync and how to return errors users can fix…
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