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The Secure Order Process  Security: Watching It Work Tip: Continuing to Browse  What If I Make a Purchase with a Browser That Doesn't Support Security?  For More Information

The Secure Order Process
Our site provides advanced security for your online purchases. The following section describes how the secure order process works, from start to finish.

1. Starting Your Order
Every purchase at SuperCasuals.com is secure, and clicking a Checkout button on the Shopping Cart page is all it takes to get started. The security features are automatic; you don't need to do anything special to invoke them.

2. Making a Positive ID
Once you've clicked the Checkout button, your browser looks for a digital certificate to confirm that it is communicating with SuperCasuals.com.

When you click on the link to Checkout, you may see a window similar to the one at right, The reason for this is because we are not using Verisign for our security, we are using Equifax. Your information cannot be viewed by others, so it is still secure, evidenced by the little padlock at the bottom of your screen.

Once a positive ID is made, your order continues.

3. Entering Secure Mode
Next, your computer and our server begin communicating in secure mode, sending data back and forth in an encrypted format.

At this point you may see a window similar to the one at right, which some browsers display when you are about to receive a secure document. It's fine to click "OK" (or "Continue") to proceed - it simply means that you will begin receiving pages in a highly secure encrypted format.

After your browser has entered secure mode, we'll ask you to enter, or if you're a registered shopper, to confirm, your personal information. The encryption features of browser software are exceptionally powerful and ensure the security of this data as it is transmitted to our server. Our site makes use of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and 128-bit strong encryption to provide the highest level of security available.

4. My Order Is Complete. What Happens Next?
Security measures continue even after you've placed your order, as we process your order in a highly secure computing environment.
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Security: Watching It Work
The most popular Web browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator (aka Navigator), use clear visual symbols to let you know whether or not they are in secure mode. The symbols are displayed either at the bottom left or bottom right of your browser window. You can refer to the following chart to see which symbols are used with your browser.

Browser	Standard (Non-Secure) Symbol	Secure Symbol
Netscape 1.x, 2.x, 3.x
Netscape 4.x
Internet Explorer (all versions)	No Symbol

Another indication that a browser is in secure mode can be found in the Web site address that your browser displays. The address will begin "http://" in standard, non-secure mode and "https://" in secure mode. The "s" stands for "secure."
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Tip: Continuing to Browse
Once your order is complete, it's perfectly safe for you to continue to browse our site in standard mode. In fact, once you exit the ordering process, your browser will automatically revert to this slightly faster mode of communication.
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What If I Make a Purchase with a Browser That Doesn't Support Security?
You can't. Because we don't want you ever to have to worry about ordering from our site without a secure connection, we've designed our system so that it will process orders only with browsers that support secure mode.

Browsers which meet these requirements include:

AOL Browser 3.0 or newer
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02 or newer
Netscape Navigator 3.x or newer
Netscape Communicator 4.x or newer

Visit any of these company's Web sites for the latest version.
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 For More Information
We've worked hard to bring you a secure online ordering environment. We hope you'll contact us with your questions, comments or concerns.
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