How secure is buying over the web / Ive heard horror stories about other Internet companies?
A. If we look at the security issue first, when you type your credit/switch card number into our site, our web site is in secure mode. This means that the information you type in will be encoded and our server decodes it. In layman’s terms this means that anyone “listening” to traffic en route will be able to make no sense of the number. Our system the “Secure Socket Layer” works, every trading web company uses it. You will be able to tell if you are in secure mode when a little padlock appears bottom right of your screen. Secondly if you are a UK resident using a UK issued card for a transaction over £100 you are automatically protected by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. This means that if a trader fraudulently charges your card for something that you did not order then the credit card company are equally liable for the debt. In practise this means that the credit card company would refund you for the fraudulent charge whilst making the corresponding charge directly to us.
