Providing you a secure online experience is one of Padlocks4less.com's highest priorities. We recognize that your privacy and security are of the utmost importance and have devoted a great deal of effort to ensure that your personal information is safeguarded. Your transactions are not only supported by industry-standard data encryption, but also protected by Our Secure Shopping Guarantee. Check out how this guarantee protects your purchases.
Please take a moment to read about the steps that we have taken to protect your information and make your online transmissions safer. We also invite you to review the ways that you can protect yourself further.
We hope that once you understand the measures we employ and the steps you can take to protect yourself, you'll be as confident about the security of your transactions and personal information as we are. However, if you are still uncomfortable with submitting your personal information over the Internet for any reason, please feel free to contact us via fax or mail to complete your order.
Safer Transmissions Data encryptionRecognizing the importance of your security, the Padlocks4less Store is designed to allow submission of orders only if operating in a secure mode. Operating in a secure mode means that your submitted information is encrypted before passing over the Internet.
The Padlocks4less Store utilizes industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of:
- potentially sensitive information such as your name and address
- critically sensitive information like your credit card number
The Padlocks4less Store website is registered with site identification authorities to enable your browser to confirm the Padlocks4less Store's identity before any transmission is sent. With this technology,
- the identity of our site is automatically confirmed behind the scenes prior to the transmission of any customer information requested to complete an online order
- your data reaches your intended target or your browser notifies you (prior to your sending any personal information) that the potential receiving site looks suspicious and should be avoided
Standing behind these security measures, Padlocks4less.com also backs each credit card order with the Secure Shopping Guarantee. This guarantee further ensures that you are protected every time you buy online with us. If still concerned about the security of your credit card information, we encourage you to submit your order without this information, and we will contact you to complete your order.
Help Protect YourselfIf you use a security-enabled browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.1 or greater, or Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or greater) paying attention to two browser features will decrease the chances for the unintended or fraudulent use of your personal information:
Browser security settingsYour browser security preference settings are your first line of defense to stopping the theft or unwanted viewing of confidential, personal information. The most popular browsers offer you the ability to receive an alert or notification if any of the following happen or are about to occur:
- changing between secure and insecure transmission
- receiving an invalid site identification for the site to which you are about to transmit sending a transmission over an "open" or unsecured connection
Check the settings of your browser security features to see all the checks that are possible and those that are currently in place.
Browser security signalsThe presence of security measures surrounding the entry of data on a web page is identified in two ways for you on your browser:
- the URL identifying the page will always begin with "https://" versus the normal "http://".
- a security symbol to indicate operation in a mode that supports secure transmissions.
- a "closed lock" icon is present in the bottom right-hand corner of your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser screen.
- an "unbroken key" icon appears in the lower left-hand corner of the Netscape Navigator browser screen.
With these security measures in place, you can also feel confident that every credit card transaction you make at Padlocks4less.com is protected by Our Secure Shopping Guarantee. For more details, take a look at this guarantee.