Concerns About Online Shopping We at 'The Art Materials Company' fully understand your concerns about the security and reliability of online shopping. Because we share your concerns, we work very closely with our online development team and our online payments partner to ensure our site is a highly secure ordering environment so you can shop in our online store with the utmost confidence. -
That is why we work with REALEX (Real Time Payments Exchange) to provide our payment processing facility. Realex are one of Europe's leading payment processing companies and provide services to a wide range of blue-chip companies including Airlines, Financial Services Companies and the Public-Sector. To find out more click on their logo below. 
Our Security Measures - Encryption Technologies We have appropriate security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that is collected from you so you can feel comfortable and secure when shopping. The latest industry-standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technologies are employed when transferring and receiving your information. Our SSL encrypton is provided by GeoTrust Inc. regarded as a worldwide leader in this field.
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Security - Watching it Working The most popular Web browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Commicator, 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 top (Next to the site web address window). Your can refer to the following chart to see which symbols are used with your browser. | Browser | Standard Symbol | Secure Symbol | | Internet Explorer | None | 
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Additional Security Indicators - There is another indication to show that a brower is in secure mode. This can be found in the Web site address that your browser displays. The address will begin "http://" in standard, non-secure mode - this is normal web-browsing mode and "https://" in secure mode. The addition of the "s" stands for "secure". 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 communications. Important - Credit & Bank Card Details - A key component in securing our ordering environment is that 'The Art Materials Company' do 'NOT' hold or store your credit or bank card information. This part of your online transaction is completed by our payments processing partner. They only retain your details in an encrypted format for the duration of the transaction. Setting Up Your Account - When you setup an account with us, we only request your personal details that can be automatically entered when placing your order, such as your name, delivery address, e-mail etc... We do not request any credit or bank card details. When placing an order with us, you will be requested to enter your credit or bank card details. This valuable and sensitive information is not recorded, or stored by us at 'The Art Materials Company'. Therefore, each time you place an order, you will be required to provide this information. -
The result of all of these security features is a Web site that offers you the highest levels of security, service, convenience and trustworthiness. Be Assured Be assured that your credit card information will be safe when you place an order at www.artmaterialsco.com.
As outlined above - The 'Art Materials Company' does not record or store your credit or bank card information. -
We accept the following credit and bank cards - 
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Questions or Comments
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