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Your right to privacy when dealing with us is one of our primary
concerns. Different World has no desire or intent to infringe
on your privacy while using our web site. Consequently, we
will never provide your personal details to anyone else without
your explicit permission. At Different World we employ the
following guidelines when handling the data you send to us as part
of the autorization process:
Your
online credit card details are transferred directly to your issuer
Bank in a SSL encription session
Transaction
security is one of our highest priorities and we have devoted a
great deal of effort to ensure that our online security measures
help to safeguard your information. The secure version of the Different
World reservations system uses industry-standard Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of:
- Potentially sensitive information
such as your name and address.
- Critically-sensitive information
like your credit card number.
We hope that once you understand the measures we employ
to help ensure secure transactions and privacy, and the steps you
can take yourself, you'll be as confident about the safety of your
online transaction and order information as we are.
We
recognize the importance of maintaining the utmost privacy and security
with regard to the information you send us over the Internet.
Store security is one of our highest priorities, and we have devoted
a great deal of effort to ensure that our online security measures
help to safeguard your personal information. Additionally,
we take the privacy of the information you provide to us online
very seriously.
If you are using a security-enabled
browser (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.1 or greater,
or Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or greater), the information you
send us regarding your purchase can be encrypted, making it extremely
difficult to read even if it is wrongly intercepted. Users
of such browsers are strongly encouraged to use the secure version
of the Different World online transaction system.
The Different World website is registered with site
identification authorities to enable your browser to confirm our
identity before any transmission is sent. With this technology:
- The unique identity of our site
is automatically confirmed behind the scenes prior to the transmission
of any customer information required to make a reservation.
- Your data reaches your intended
target or, if the potential receiving site issues an invalid site
ID, your browser notifies you prior to your sending any personal
information that the site is not Different World and blocks further
transmission.
Browser security
settings
Your browser security preference settings are your first line of defense to
stopping the theft or unwanted viewing of confidential, personal
information. The most popular browsers offer you the ability
to receive an alert or notification if any of the following happen
or are about to occur:
- Changing between secure and
insecure transmission modes.
- Receiving an invalid site identification
for the site to which you are about to transmit.
- Sending a transmission over
an "open" or unsecured connection.
Check the settings of your browser security features
to see all the checks that are possible and those that are currently
in place.
Checking that
your data is being encrypted
When you access our secure transaction system, many browsers will display a
"key" or "lock" icon in the status bar at the
bottom of the screen to indicate that SSL encryption is being used
to protect your data. You can also verify that encryption
is operating by following these steps:
America Online 3.x
- A blue bar appears across the
top of the secure frame.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x and
5.x
- Right click anywhere in the
window and select "Properties".
- The Properties panel will be
displayed.
- Check that the page address
starts with "https://"
- Click on the Certificates button
to view our Security Certificate details.
Netscape Communicator or Navigator
4.x and 6.x
- Select "Page Info"
from the View menu.
- The Page information will be
displayed.
- Verify that "https://"
appears in the site URL.
- Details about the page's Security
and our Site Certificate are also displayed.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
- Right click anywhere and select
"Properties".
- The properties panel will be
displayed.
- Check that the page address
starts with "https://"
- Click on the Security tab to
view our Security Certificate details.
Netscape Navigator 3.x
- Click anywhere in the page.
- Select "Document Info"
from the View menu.
- A document information page
will be displayed.
- Verify that "https://"
appears in the location URL.
Details about the page's Security and our Site Certificate are also displayed. |
