Our online store is a secure site.All our customers details and payment information
is kept safe and secure.

All orders placed through our shopping cart are protected under 128bit Secure Socket
Layer (SSL).
this means that all credit card transactions are completely safe and encrypted.

Encryption means that all information relating to you and your account is scrambled
and locked with a mathematical key during the transfer.As encryption works by
scrambling data into a unreadable format using a code/key,the longer the key,the
harder it is to break.

The number of possible combinations of a 128bit SSL is an astronmical number.

Over 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations for a hacker to run through to
decrypt a transaction.

Here are a few tips for shopping over the internet:-

*look for the LOCKED PADLOCK ICON in your browser when in any Checkouts,
this should be located next to the refresh button if using Internet Explorer

*Secure icon in Firefox - a PADLOCK in the right of the browser address bar and the
background colour changes from white to yellow.

*Ensure that your Computer has up-to-date Anti-Virus software running.

*Check that you are running a firewall,this keeps any unauthorized person out of your
computer over the internet.

*When creating passwords use a combination of letters and numbers,this would become strong
and difficult to break.Do not use the name of anything related to you.

*Don't open email attachments unless you are sure the sender is trusted.These attachments
could hold a virus.

     BE SAFE,BE SECURE!

If your computer is not safe and secure then these following programs will ensure you are.

FIREWALL - zonealarm
ANTIVIRUS - avg antivirus
ANTISPYWARE - avg antispyware

All the programs listed above are FREE editions.We use them on our home computers and laptops.

PayPal delivers one of the most secure payment platforms in the world. After more than a decade as the leader in online payments, they've learned a thing or two about keeping your information safe.

They can spot problems before they happen

• They use fraud prevention technology that monitors transactions for suspicious activity.
• They have a team of over 2,000 specialists including former law enforcement officials, working to protect you from fraud and identity theft.
• To help weed out fraudulent activity, every transaction is reviewed by state of the art models.
• They ensure users who send or receive money have successfully completed our verification system and identity check.

PayPal uses state of the art encryption

Safeguarding your financial and personal information is one of our most important priorities. That's why we automatically encrypt all sensitive information sent between your computer and their systems, ensuring your information is kept private.

The geeky details

When registering or logging in to their site, they verify that your Internet browser is running Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 (SSL) or higher. Information is protected by SSL with an encryption key length of 168 bits (the highest level commercially available). They store your personal information and ensure it's heavily guarded, both physically and electronically. To further safeguard your debit and credit card numbers and your bank account details, they do not directly connect our firewall-protected servers to the internet.