Security

Yes. Our site makes use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and 128-bit strong encryption to provide the highest level of security available. This system is safer than ordering over a phone, a fax, or even using your card in stores where your credit card information is sent over a phone line without any encryption. utilizes the latest in browser security. Our Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure online commerce transactions. It encrypts all of your personal information, including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet. Never order from a merchant who requests your credit card information by e-mail, or through a non-secure form.

To check the security of your connection, look at the lower right or left-hand corner of your browser window when you make an order. If you see a closed lock or unbroken key picture (actual image depends on your browser), then SSL is active and the website is secure. To find more information about the certificate in Internet Explorer you can double click on lock located in the lower right hand corner of the browser window.

To find more information about the certificate in Netscape you can click on lock located in the lower right hand corner of the browser window.

You can also double-check by looking at the URL line of your browser. When accessing a secure website, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https." Right now the website should not be secure, because there is no secure information being passed to us. You will notice a change during the checkout process when you enter payment information. You do not have to complete an order in order to test this out.

If you are about to send information to an insecure site, your browser will warn you that the site is not secure.

Special Concerns

If you get the message box

Simply click No to not allow unsecure items. You can cofirm that you are secure by the lock at the bottom of the page. At this time the only item that is NOT secure are our banners at the top of the page, so the only thing that will not be displayed is one of the banners being displayed at the time:

which is not a problem and not a concern.

How can I tell if you are a legitimate company?

Our web site is secured by an Starfield Secure Certificate. Starfield verifies our identity by checking government record confirming kewlshirts.com, Inc. is a legitimate business and has the right to use www.kewlshirts.com. You may verify our status by clicking on the image below

or on our main page http://www.kewlshirts.com and look for the starfield logo. Currently this logo is toward the bottom, on the left, under our statistics, but may be somewhere else as we are constantly revising our main page but it will always be somewhere!

Will my Credit Card Company protect me?

Yes. All major credit card companies have accepted ordering online as a legitimate means of payment and are fully prepared to deal with unauthorized credit card usage. Just like in the real world, if your card number is misappropriated, you are not responsible for fraudulent activity later charged to your card. Please visit your credit card issuer's website to read this firsthand.

Can you tell me more?

SSL
We employ servers using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption for the secure exchange of data between the customers and our system. The system supports 128bit SSL encryption on most browsers.

Digital certificates
These are used to authenticate the identities of both the sender and receiver when the data is being transmitted to our credit card processor gateway.

Firewall
The Transaction system resides behind a Firewall, which prevents unauthorized access to information.

Dedicated Lines
After a transaction is processed the information is sent to the bank over private dedicated lines, not back out over the Internet.

Fraud Protection System
Our elaborate Fraud Protection system works in cooperation with major U.S. card processors to authorize credit card transactions in real time. This allows for extensive automatic checks that substantially reduce risk from fraud. Some of the checks include valid card number check, duplicate order check, spending patterns checks, frequency of card usage, and guards against automatic card generator programs. Fraudulent IP addresses and credit card numbers are also blocked regularly.

If you have any questions or comments please use our Contact Us.

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