Security on tsuniforms.com.

Security on TSUniforms.com

By Security, we mean the ways we make sure the information you send us remains secure. We also have a Privacy Statement.

If you don't find your concern addressed here, feel free to contact us by e-mail or phone (1-800-555-9618).

Security Page Contents:

Is my credit card number secure?
What does the "warning" window that sometimes comes up really mean?
Why do I hear so much about security on the Internet?
How do I know if a Web site is secure?
Which parts of TSUniforms.com are secure?

Is my credit card information secure?

We have taken many steps to ensure the security of your transaction. Some of them involve adopting industry standards. (For example, the secure connection between your browser and sensitive portions of our site uses industry standard encryption.) Some of them are exclusive to us.

It's important to know that since TSUniforms.com went live in 1997, there have been no confirmed cases of fraud reported by customers as a result of credit card purchases made here.

What does this "warning" window that comes up in the ordering process really mean?

Security Information pop-up window On some browsers, this window can be a bit intimidating. But it simply means that you're entering the safest, most secure area of our Web site.

This should be reassuring since this is where credit card transactions take place. Click to continue. Going from Secure mode to insecure mode, you'll likely receive another similar alert message, just to make sure you know what's happening.

Why do I hear so much about security on the Internet?

Several things conspire to make Internet security a newsworthy item. First, it's relatively new, so people wonder and talk and write about it. Secondly, the Internet is "technology", so people find it interesting to discuss. And tend to be a little suspicious of it.

The Internet has always thrived on openness. It has been the "Internet way" for someone to release something—a piece of software, a networking specification, a security protocol—and then have lots of smart people try to find flaws in it, lending their ideas for making it better. It has proven to be a remarkably effective development process. But for people unfamiliar with it, to see each new release of a browser, for example, get pounded on and picked apart, can be rather disconcerting.

How do I know if a Web site is secure?

In order to be accurate, we're going to get a bit detailed here. When buying something on the Internet, there are three things to be sure of:

Data you send is strongly encrypted.
The site you're doing business with is the site you think it is.
The site you're doing business with processes your credit card and address information in a safe and responsible manner.

Points 1 and 2 are taken care of by SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the industry standard security protocol that the TSUniforms.com site uses to communicate with secure browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer. When communicating with a secure server like ours, these browsers encrypt the information you send in a way that is extremely difficult for anyone else to decode.We've included a visual representation below of what to look for in your browser window to see if you're viewing a site securely.

Many security experts say the most important thing is what happens once the merchant receives your order. At TSUniforms.com, we take several steps to keep things on our end as safe as possible. For example, we keep orders encrypted until we're ready to process them. We process orders several times each day, so they don't "sit" anywhere very long. We do our order processing on machines that aren't connected to the Internet, so there's no danger of people gaining access to them.

Which parts of TSUniforms.com are secure?

Most of the activity on our site involves the viewing of materials we've prepared and made accessible to everyone, so there's no need for these pages to be "secure". With a product page, for example, no security risk exists because there is no "information" being exchanged. Anyone can access the same pages by pointing their browser at http://www.tsuniforms.com.

The portion of the TSUniforms.com we've made secure is, not surprisingly, the checkout area. This is where you actually purchase the items you've put into your Shopping Bag. The entire checkout process, from introduction to final confirmation, takes place in a secure environment.

There are several ways to confirm that you're in a secure area. All SSL capable browsers have a symbol to indicate secure mode. Specifically:

Browser	Symbol Location	Normal (Insecure) mode Symbol	Secure Mode Symbol
Netscape 1.2, 2.0 and 3.0	Lower left	Broken Key	Complete Key
Netscape Communicator (4.0)	Lower left	Open Lock	Closed Lock
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Lower Right	NONE	Closed Lock

You can also tell when you're in a secure area because the URL to the left of the colon changes from 'http' to 'https' to signify that a SSL protocol is being used to communicate with the server. (http = HyperText Transport Protocol; https = HTTP with SSL.) In most browsers you'll also see a solid blue line in the upper portion of the browser's window — another visual aid that lets you know you're browsing a secure area.

One additional note: some browsers give you a warning when you go from a secure area to a regular area. The aim is worthy enough— to ensure that people know when they've left a secure server. But in practice, the message is often a bit startling, and makes it look like you've done something wrong even though you really haven't.

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