Philtel.com understands your concerns over Internet security. Because we
share your concerns, we've worked closely with IBN ( Internet Business Network Inc) and TheCyber.com to develop a highly secure online ordering process – one that lets you shop and order with confidence. And we offer a Secure Order Guarantee that gives you 100% protection for your credit card transactions at Philtel.com.

Contents:
The Secure Order Process
Security: Watching It Work 
Tip: Continuing to Browse
What If I Order with a Browser That Doesn't Support Security?
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The Secure Order Process
Using IBN's e-business software, in conjunction with features built into
popular browser software, 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 order at Philtel.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 can click the Checkout button, your
browser looks for a digital certificate to confirm that it
is communicating with Philtel.com. Once a positive
ID is made, your order continues.

We use VeriSign software to enable the use of digital
certificates. You can click on the VeriSign logo at
right to verify that Philtel.com is a VeriSign secure
site ( We use this service thru TheCyber.com). For your
security, the verification process happens in the
background every time you place an order on our site.
 
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 credit card 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
uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol and 128-bit strong
encryption to maintain the highest level of security.

4. My Order Is Complete. What Happens Next?
Security measures continue even after you've placed your order, as we
process your order on a highly secure internal system that is
inaccessible via the Internet.
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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 Order 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.

Please note that the latest versions of Netscape's and Microsoft's
browsers have security features, and both are free for downloading. Visit
either company's Web site for details.
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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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