We
are a private business and will not publicize our mailing list.
Please contact us to request the removal of your name and address
from our mailing list.
We don't keep any information about our customers tied to the
Web. Everything except credit card numbers is stored in a House
File. When you submit an order online, it is sent to a different
system which is not connected to the Internet. We do not save
this information - no one can break into the system and steal
your personal info and no one can steal your credit card info
from KathyBuckley.Com
To prove this point, we use an I.D. system that is "proprietary"
to you. If you leave our site with an
"Open Order" that you have not submitted, you cannot
return and finish that order - you must start over!
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.
The portion of KathyBuckley.Com site we've made secure is, not
surprisingly, the checkout area. This is where you actually purchase
the items you've put into your Shopping Basket. 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:
Points 1 and 2 are taken care of by "SSL" [Secure Sockets
Layer], the industry standard security protocol that KathyBuckley.Com
uses to communicate with secure browsers like Netscape 3.0 and
newer and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 and newer.
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. [You don't have to know whether your
browser supports secure transactions - if it doesn't, you won't
be able to complete our checkout process!]
Many security experts say the most important thing is what happens
once the merchant receives your order. At KathyBuckley.Com, we
take several steps to keep things on our end as safe as possible.
For example, we keep orders encrypted until we are ready to process
them. We "batch" process orders several times a day,
so they don't "sit" anywhere long. We do our order processing,
in house, on machines that aren't connected to the Internet, so
there's no danger of people gaining access to them. Finally, we
don't keep a copy of your credit card number on file [ever!].
While this may be an inconvenience - whether ordering on the Internet
or by Phone, you have to give us your credit card number every
time you order - we believe this is the safest and most responsible
way to transact business!
Browser
Symbol Location
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.
If you have any additional questions
don't hesitate to contact KathyBuckley.Com via E-Mail or in writing.
