Security of your personal details
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| Recently in the press you may have seen that some customers of banks and online businesses have been receiving fraudulent emails and/or pop-ups. These all have one thing in common: they request individuals to confirm their personal details, credit card details, or user name and password. |
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| Although we may send you emails from time to time and only if you have subscribed to our mailing list, we will never send an email asking for your security information or log on details, or direct you to a web page that asks for this information. |
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| Secure online shopping at DIYTools.co.uk |
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| DIYTools.co.uk understands that you may have concerns about security on the Internet. Our site uses the ePDQ payment system from Barclays, which uses a secure server that implements secure socket layer (SSL) technology in their on-line ordering process to protect your payment card information. |
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| This means that as soon as you access the "checkout" pages your browser will go into secure mode this occurs before you enter any personal or payment details. |
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| You can check that you are shopping in a secure environment by looking for either a locked padlock or a key icon in the grey bar at the bottom of your screen. |
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| Secure Mode |
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| "Secure mode" means that all of your details are encrypted to help keep them secure. Encryption creates billions of code combinations to protect each transaction made on our site, so your card details cannot be viewed by anyone else using the internet. If you are using one of the more recent browser versions, our site supports 128 bit encryption and therefore keeps your details as safe as possible at all times. |
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| Barclays ePDQ payment system |
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| Every transaction Barclays process is also checked by their fraud control systems to validate the authenticity and validity of your payment card as well as indicators of possible fraudulent use. |
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| How does your browser protect you and your data? |
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| Most modern web browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Netscape, support 'secure mode' and standard security protocols. |
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| Internet Explorer can warn you if the site you are about to send payment details to is secure or insecure. To make this happen, select OPTIONS on the VIEW menu and then click the SECURITY tab. Once all of the warning boxes have been ticked, Internet Explorer will automatically alert you each time you send your private details to another site. |
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| If you use a Netscape browser, you should select SECURITY PREFERENCES from the OPTIONS menu and then click on the GENERAL tab. Tick all of the Security Alert boxes and again, you will be warned when you are sending details to secure and insecure sites. |
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| DIYTools.co.uk use a Thawte SSL certificate |
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| If you have any concerns or indeed any queries please do not hesitate to contact us: |
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