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Online security is very important to us. We have implemented state-of-the art
protocols to ensure that your information
is safe. Any page on our site that asks for personal information will transmit
that information using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
technology, which ensures that your data is strongly encrypted and protected
from theft or misuse.
- Generally when you are on secure pages, the browser will show a lock
icon in the lower right hand side of the browser. Clicking on this icon
will bring up a Certificate window which will show that the security
certificate is issued to XSGEAR.co.uk and the name of the issuer (Comodo).
- You can also look in the address bar at the top of the browser
window. Before the name of the site (in our case, www.xsgear.co.uk) you
should see this prefix: https://. Thus, on secure pages
within our site the address should always start like this:
https://www.xsgear.co.uk/. This ensures that your data is
being transmitted over a secure connection.
- You can get detailed connection protocol information by
selecting File from the browser menu, then Properties, (or on a Windows
PC system you can additionally right click with your mouse in the
page area you wish to examine and select Properties from the menu). This
will bring up the properties window for the page you are viewing. On a
secure page you should see a connection similiar to this:
Connection: SSL 3.0, RC4 with 128 bit encryption (High);
RSA with 1024 bit exchange This tells you that your data is
being encrypted with strong encryption before transmission over the
internet.
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If you are using a public computer, you will want to log off, or sign out,
before you leave the terminal. This will ensure that nobody else
can view or access your personal information on that computer. In general
closing all browser windows that you used for accessing
XSGEAR.co.uk will automatically end your session. You can also manually log off
by clicking 'My Account' and then clicking 'I want to Logout'.
This will end your session without closing the browser window. You can then
continue to browse the XSGEAR website or any other website.
If you want to access secure areas of XSGEAR.co.uk you will need to again login
with your email address and password.
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