Yes. Amxauto.com
is hosted by Yahoo stores and uses Yahoo's secure
servers to protect your personal information, including
your name, address, and credit card information.
We use the Stronghold secure server, currently the
second-best selling secure server software. It supports
industry-standard 128-bit SSL encryption.
When you enter your credit card number
into the order form, it is transmitted across the
Internet in an encrypted (scrambled) form and not
decoded until we receive it (http://www.yahoo.com).
Security Steps We Have Taken
Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
: Yahoo! uses SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
encryption when transmitting certain kinds of information,
such as financial services information or payment
information. An icon resembling a padlock is displayed
on the bottom of most browsers window during SSL
transactions that involve credit cards and other
forms of payment. Any time Yahoo! asks you for a
credit card number on Yahoo! for payment or for
verification purposes, it will be SSL encrypted.
The information you provide will be stored securely
on our servers. Once you choose to store or enter
your credit card number on Yahoo!, it will not be
displayed back to you in its entirety when you retrieve
or edit it in the future. Instead of the entire
number, you will only see asterisks and either the
first four digits or the last four digits of your
number.
Security Key: The
Yahoo! Security Key is an additional optional layer
of security to control access to sensitive information
or services on Yahoo!. Users of financial services
such as Yahoo! Wallet, Yahoo! Bill Pay, and Yahoo!
Merchant Solutions are asked to create
a security key during the sign-up process or when
you purchase certain services that require a Yahoo!
Wallet. Please note that the Security Key automatically
"times out" after an hour and requires
the user to sign in again to access Security Key
protected areas.
Secure Storage: Yahoo! maintains reasonable physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply
with federal regulations to protect personal information
about you.
Vendors and Partners: Yahoo!
works with vendors and partners to protect the security
and privacy of user information.
Education and Training for Employees: Yahoo!
has implemented a company-wide education and training
program about security that is required of every
Yahoo! employee.
Shopping online is considered fairly
low-risk. According to CNN, "The prevalent
opinion... is that online credit card use is actually
no riskier for consumers than traditional 'low-tech'
transactions." You should feel as safe as you
would using a credit card in a store or restaurant,
if not more so.
For more information on Yahoo Security,
please refer to the Yahoo
Security Center, Guide to Online Security.
