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.
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