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At Sierra Trading Post, the security of your personal information is our top priority.
We insure confidentiality and security in three ways.
1. All information, including your credit card number, is encrypted and only sent over secure Internet lines.
While using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, your Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
will let you know when the line is secure. With Netscape Navigator, the "key" icon located in the bottom left
corner should be complete with no breaks. Internet Explorer uses a "lock" icon for its browser. The "lock" will
appear on the browser when using a secure line. On both browsers the "http:" pre-fix will read "https:" when
accessing a secure server. If these indicators are present, you can be confident of a secure data transaction.
2. We do not store any credit card information on our web server. Once your order is placed, we send the order
to our main order processing system using a "one-way" private network. After the order is sent, all credit card
information is deleted from our web order records. As the web server is directly linked to the Internet,
it does have some exposure to hackers. However, with this security policy, if someone were to hack into the website,
they would not find any credit card information.
3. As mentioned above, we do not store credit card information on our web server. We use our main operating system
to house all order records including credit card numbers. This system is not accessible from the Internet and
sits behind various "firewalls" to keep it safe from break-in. Both systems (operating and web) also have internal security measures that make hacking very difficult, even if someone obtains illegal access.
We take security very seriously and feel we have made shopping on our website safe for all customers.
If you are still unsure about the security of your information or if you use a browser that does not support SSL
technology, please call us toll free with your information at 00-1-307-775-8000 or fax us at 00-1-307-775-8088.
Please do not use email to send us your credit card information. Email communication is not secure.
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