Security Help

For each web visitor to our Web site, our server recognizes the domain name. We collect information on which pages consumers access or visit for the purpose of improving your shopping experience and making improvements to the site.

Orders placed are encrypted, using SSL Technology. Our site uses a Verisign digital certificate. With Verisign and SSL Technology, information sent via the Internet is encrypted to protect access to communications and transactions.

For people that make purchases, E-mail addresses are collected and used to notify customers about Specials, site improvements and upcoming events. We do not give out or sell your personal data.

If you supply us with your postal address, you may receive mailings from us. regarding new products and services. If you do not wish to receive these mailings, please let us know by sending an E-mail, calling, or writing us at the above address.

When you sign up to BeyondBikes.com for a membership or online purchases, all personal data entry has been secured to the best level of security available. BeyondBikes.com has been trusted to deploy SSL "Secure Socket Layers", enabling visitors to verify the site's authenticity and to communicate with it securely via a high level of SSL encryption, which protects data such as user's name, password, credit card, addresses and shipping information from interception and hacking.

Your are not liable for fraud
Remember, should an unauthorized charge be made to your Visa or Master Card credit card, you are not liable for this charge. Please consult your bank for more details on Visa and Master Card’s policies on fraudulent transactions. Both Visa and Master Card confirm there has been no instance of encrypted data being intercepted on the Internet, successfully decrypted and used to commit fraud.

Secure transmission with Digital ID's
BeyondBikes.com ensures the security of all protected data transmitted to and from our site through the use of Digital ID's, in combination with a server-based encryption technology called Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). To verify that the information you are sending to and receiving from BeyondBikes.com is actually from our web site, BeyondBikes.com utilizes a well-known method of electronic identification called a Digital I.D. digital ID is the electronic equivalent of a driver license, passport, or business license. It is issued by a trusted third party called a Certification Authority (or "CA" for short). The CA acts somewhat like a Passport Office. It takes steps to establish the identity of the people or organizations to whom it issues Digital ID's. Once the CA has established an organization's identity, it issues an electronic "certificate" to the organization, which is then used to enable secure transmission of information.
The CA used by BeyondBikes.com is VeriSign Inc., located in Mountain View, California. VeriSign's Digital ID and encryption technologies are widely used throughout the online retailing industry. Examples of companies using VeriSign are eToys, Microsoft, IBM, Amazon.com, and many others.
VeriSign's Secure Server Digital ID's allow any web server to implement the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol, which is the standard technology for secure, web-based communications. SSL capability is built into server hardware, but it requires a Digital ID in order to be functional.
Using our Digital ID and SSL technology, BeyondBikes.com ensures secure data transmission over the Internet, enabling:
Mutual authentication. The identity of both BeyondBikes and the customer can be verified so that both parties know exactly who is on the other end of the transaction.
Message Privacy. All traffic between BeyondBikes.com and the customer is encrypted using a unique "session key." Each session key is only used with one customer during one connection, and that key is itself encrypted with the server's public key. These layers of privacy protection guarantee that information cannot be intercepted or viewed by unauthorized parties.
Message Integrity. The contents of all communications between BeyondBikes.com and the customer are protected from being altered en route. All those involved in the transaction know that what they're seeing is exactly what was sent out from the other side.
How you know when you are using a secure channel:
Both the Netscape Navigator and the Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers have built-in security mechanisms to prevent users from unwittingly submitting sensitive information over insecure channels. If a user tries to submit information to an unsecured site, these browsers will, by default, show a warning.
By contrast, if a user attempts to submit information to a site without a valid Digital ID and SSL connection, no such warning is sent. Furthermore, both the Microsoft and Netscape browsers provide users with a positive visual clue that they are at a secure site. In Netscape Navigator 3.0 and earlier, the key icon in the lower left hand corner of the browser--which is normally broken--is made whole. In the 4.0 versions of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, the normally open padlock icon becomes shut, as shown below:
This is the secure connection indicator for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0. It is visible on the bottom of the right hand side of the browser window. This is the secure connection indicator for Netscape Communicator 4.7. It is visible on the bottom left corner of the browser window. These positive visual cues only occur if a web site has a valid Digital Certificate, issued by a Certificate Authority, which is trusted by the browser. Special care is recommended even when visiting sites that seem to be enabled for secure transmissions. If the web site's Digital ID is stolen, (e.g. if www.hacker.com tries to use a certificate for www.bookstore.com), the user's browser will display a pop-up warning saying something such as, "The certificate you are viewing does not match the name of the site you are trying to view." Users will be able to click "Yes" to proceed, "No" to stop (a smart decision), "View Certificate" to view the certificate, and possibly a button leading to more information.