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CoffeeOutpost.com uses PayPal.com to collect payments. When you have finished shopping and begin the checkout process, you will be transferred to PayPal to enter your credit card information and complete your order. At that time, you will be fully protected by PayPal's Secure Socket Layers (SSL) technology.
PayPal Buyer Protection
Security of your information, transactions, and money is the core of PayPal's business and their top priority. PayPal uses proprietary technology to help ensure your transactions are safe. They automatically encrypt your confidential information in transit from your computer to theirs using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available). Before you even log into PayPal's site, their server checks that you are using an approved browser - one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.
Once your information reaches their site, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically. Their servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the internet, so your private information is available only to authorized computers.
For more information on how PayPal keeps your transactions safe, click here.
How To Tell Your Browser Is Secure
To check that your browser is in secure mode, check that a "lock" or a "key" icon is displayed in the lower left-hand corner of your browser window. You can also check by looking at the URL bar on top of your browser. This line will typically show the first characters at "https" when a secure connection has been established rather than "http" which indicates a connection that is not secured.
Credit Card Protection by Federal Law
Because we use PayPal for our online payment services, it is extremely unlikely that any personal information that you transmit to them will be misappropriated. In the rare instance that an unauthorized person obtains your credit card information and uses it, by federal law you are only liable for the first $50. In any instance where you have discovered or suspect fraud, you need to contact your credit card companies immediately.
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