We take your security very seriously at Period Features, and have therefore implemented 128-bit encryption to ensure that your card details are secure. Our online store is run using Actinic software with Standard SSL, meaning that the Actinic store pages are uploaded to a secure area of a web server that uses a protocol called ‘SSL’ (Secure Socket Layer) to control access. When customers are submitting data over an SSL connection (shown by the golden padlock or golden key appearing in the browser window), nobody else on the Internet will be able to read what they are typing in. This prevents the interception of credit card numbers as they are entered. When the data is finally submitted, the order details will be stored behind the wall of SSL as an order file with an extension of *.ord. In addition to the security provided by the server, Actinic also encrypts the order file itself to provide an extra layer of security. We then decrypt the credit card details at Period Features using Actinic and process the transaction offline using the normal CNP (cardholder not present) method.

As regards computer viruses, our computer system is protected by the very latest anti-virus software which is automatically updated every four hours. The system is further protected by a firewall, so you can be sure that you are in safe hands!