The security of internet shopping concerns many people but you can be sure that when you shop with us, your details are 100% secure.

Our online payments are handled by Protx Ltd, one of the leading providers of secure internet payment solutions. They use both encryption and digital signatures to ensure your data remains safe when ordering from our website.

What is encryption?

• Encryption means scrambling personal data (credit card information) before it is sent over the internet. This means that even if the data is intercepted, it cannot be read. Protx use SSL encryption, which encrypts data with a key of up to 128-bits. On their own servers and gateways, an even higher level of 2048-bit RSA encryption is used.

What are digital signatures?

• A digital signature is a method of positively identifying the sender of a message sent in digital form. Just like a signature on a written document, it proves that the message is authentic (but unlike a written signature, it cannot be forged by someone else). A valid digital signature also confirms that the message has not been altered in any way on its journey between the sender and receiver.

Protx use digital signatures throughout their system to ensure that any transaction arriving at a payment gateway has come directly from sporting idols, and that any information passed back to us is from a Securetrading payment gateway. Digital signatures are also used for communications within the Protx payment system. Protx is the approved Certification Authority (root CA) for these signatures.

We have never experienced an incidence of fraud using our system and in many ways, internet shopping is one of the safest ways to buy. If you would like to find out more about Protx, click here to visit their website.

If you have any further questions about security on our website, please contact us by email: info@sportingidols.com or call +44 (0)208 202 9461.