Ordering online from hometime.com is a safe and easy way to shop. We use SSL (secure socket layer) security for our commerce server. Our SSL security certificate is provided by Thawte Consulting and is updated every March.

What does SSL mean for you? Using a unique "session key," SSL encrypts all information exchanged between our web server and your ISP, including credit card numbers and other personal data. This ensures that personal information cannot be viewed even if it is intercepted by unauthorized parties. The data cannot be tampered with over the Internet.

Be Sure to Look for the Lock!

A lock icon indicates that you have begun a process that is protected by a secure server. For example, in the hometime.com store, when you click "add to cart" you enter our secured server; a small lock icon should appear on the lower toolbar of your browser window.

However, if you enter the hometime.com store through another site that has framed ours, and that other site is not secure, our security might be negated and your transaction may not be secure. In this case it is best to leave the other site and enter the hometime.com store directly, not through another site, before providing any personal information.

By the way, this can happen whenever an insecure site frames a secure site. So remember, before you enter personal information on any site, Look for the Lock!