Security and Encryption
Everything that travels through the Internet during your checkout process becomes a string of unrecognizable numbers before entering the Internet. Both My Daughter's Wish computers and the browser you use to surf the Web understand the mathematical formulas, called algorithms, that turn your credit card and personal information into numeric code during transmission and back again into meaningful information for processing.
These algorithms serve as door-locks on your account information. And while My Daughter's Wish and your computer can easily translate this code back to meaningful language, this process would be a daunting, almost impossible task for unauthorized intruders. That's because there are billions of possible keys that could potentially solve each formula - but only one that will work.
We use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encode all information within the MDW shopping cart when it travels from your computer to our server. Security is activated when you register, log in or check out. To confirm that it is working look at the url in the address field of your browser. If the first part says 'https' then that means your information is being encrypted and sent to a protected area on the MDW server. In addition you should see a little lock in the lower right-hand corner of the browser. This confirms that your data is being protected.
We do not store credit card numbers. All credit card numbers are sent direct to the credit card processor and an additional layer of security and protection is provided by them to ensure safe passage: they encrypt and protect your credit card number as it travels over the web.
If you have any other questions or concerns regarding the safety of your credit card information on our site, please contact us at sheri@mydaughterswish.com.
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