Security Information
Smart
Tune makes sure that any personal and financial data you send is safe by
using state of the art 2048-bit encryption and that it is kept secure
thereafter by adhering to a strict privacy policy.
How Does Data Encryption Work?
Data
Encryption, which is the process of transforming information to make it
unintelligible to all but the intended recipient, forms the basis of
data integrity and privacy required for electronic commerce. Customers
submit sensitive information and purchase goods or services via the Web
only when they are confident that their personal information is secure.
An SSL Certificate is an electronic file that uniquely identifies
individuals and websites and enables encrypted communications. SSL
Certificates serve as a kind of digital passport and credential.
Typically, the "signer" of a certificate is a "Certificate Authority"
(CA), such as Comodo.
Before your browser sends your details
over the Internet, our secure server encrypts the information by what is
know as a "public key". These details can only be decrypted with our
private key. The public and private keys are mathematically related, but
are not identical and in the unlikely event that someone manages to
intercept this information, all they'll have is a jumble of encrypted
data that will be meaningless. Only Smart Tune has access to the private
key and is able to unlock this information.
How Do I Tell If A Web Site Is Secure?
There
are three checks you can make which are all equally valid indicators of
a website's security. Firstly look to see if a website has a
Certificate Authority Provider; Smart Tune is certified by Comodo one
of the largest and most repected authorities. You can verify this by
clicking on the Site seal above.
Lastly,
if a secure session is established between the browser and the web
server, the "http:" portion of the web address will change to "https",
for example: "http://www.smarttune.co.uk" becomes
"https://www.smarttune.co.uk".