Security Information

The Irish Rose understands your concerns over Internet security. Because we share your concerns, we've worked closely with Web Developers 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 TheIrishRose.com

Secure Order Guarantee: We guarantee that your credit card information will be safe when you place an order at TheIrishRose.com. Our Secure Order Guarantee means that you'll never have to pay any money related to unauthorized charges to your credit card account, if those charges result from a transaction at TheIrishRose.com. Here's how the guarantee works: If you're ever a victim of credit card fraud, the Fair Credit Act specifies that your credit card company can hold you liable for no more than $50 in fraudulent charges to your account. With the Secure Order Guarantee, you'll be reimbursed for any amount up to $50 billed to you by your credit card company for unauthorized charges to your account, if those charges result from an order you've placed on our secure server. For this protection, you must promptly notify your credit card company of any fraudulent charges and follow the procedures for doing so as outlined in your credit card agreement. Your credit card is safe at TheIrishRose.com. Guaranteed.

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 TheIrishRose.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 TheIrishRose.com. 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 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 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.

A Note About Older Web Browsing Software: If you use one of the following Web browsers, you may encounter a security warning when you visit a secure page at any Web site after December 31, 1999: Netscape Communicator 4.05 or earlier, Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 for Macintosh. The warning is generated in error and is caused by a software problem in these browsers. The problem does not affect the security of your connection to our site.

How You Know You’re Secure: The most popular Web browsers, Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator (a.k.a 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. 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." 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.

What if Your Browser Doesn’t Support Security? Because we don't want you ever to have to worry about ordering from our site without a secure connection, we ensure 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.

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.