Do you trust half the websites you shop on?
Every day, thousands of new online shops are being created by just about anybody. Your neighbour could create a shop in just a few hours, give it a name.. set up an online merchant account and begin accepting credit cards. You need to make sure you take the right steps to ensure that the site you're surfing on is legitimate and secure. For site legitimacy, check out our article on Safe Shopping Here.

Website Security - You trust the site, but is your data secure?
A lot of websites are not fully understanding website security. You'll find thousands of sites which use a security seal or have a padlock showing at the bottom of your browser.. or even "https" in the address bar at the top, however, this doesn't mean the website is secure for you to use - not at all. This just means that the data being transferred from your computer, to their computers.. is encrypted so that no third party can gain access to this information. In this day and age you cannot take site security and customer security so lightly, there's bigger threats on the internet.. such as Viruses and Trojans.

Website hackers are using newer techniques now to gain access to your information. They set viruses and trojans on websites that you'd be likely to shop on, they target online shopping websites, forums and even article sites. When you visit the infected websites, the virus secretly downloads itself to your computer and whenever you're connected to the internet.. it will send details of what you're doing online to the owner of the virus. Having "https" at the top of your address bar or a padlock at the bottom of the screen does not mean in any way that you're secure from this kind of threat.

How We Secure Your Every Visit
We've teamed up with McAfee, VeriSign & TrustGuard.. the three major leading competitors in online security. We've combined the best security systems from all three companies to bring you peace of mind. We have SSL certificates in place to ensure that data passed between your computer to our server systems is always encrypted to the highest encryption level to ensure no data is ever leaked. Our site is also PCI Scanned Daily. PCI Scanning is the "Payment Cart Industry" standard scanning system which is recommended by the banks and online merchants to ensure that websites have no "backdoors" where hackers can find a way into the system.. it ensures our website is locked tightly and helps deter any unwanted visitors. To finish off, our website is scanned every day for viruses, trojans and any other threats. As soon as a threat is detected, our engineers are alerted and take immediate action.

To verify and authenticate any of these claims, you will find the security seals at the bottom of our site and also a security video to the left on every page refresh. If you have speakers connected, you will be able to play the video and hear our TrustGuard representative talk you through what role they're playing in making it a better shopping experience for you.

We hope you enjoy shopping with us!