Buying products online couldn't be easier.
With a few clicks shoppers can browse through dozens of websites and choose size, colour, shape and destination - all from the privacy of the home.
That's great if it's a CD, book or generic product being procured but that self-same ease of purchase is increasingly of concern to parents who can no longer control what their children are buying online.
Young people are using the anonymity of the web to buy all types of products suitable only for adults - made easy by purchasing prepaid credit cards which don't require stringent proof of age.
A recent survey of some 1,000 individuals between 13 and 17 years old found that nearly half - 48% - of teenage boys under 18 have tried to buy adult DVDs or violent video games online over the past year.
Over three quarters were successful.
And with 5% of 14-year-olds having successfully purchased alcohol on the internet, parents and politicians are calling for tighter controls in cyberspace.
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