GoDaddy.com is our domain registrar and the provider of our High-Assurance SSL Certificate. It’s also the world’s largest domain registrar and one of the fastest growing privately held companies in America. Our GoDaddy SSL certificate is ahead of the technology curve with regard to cryptographic technology and will support encryption that currently goes beyond the 128-bit standard all the way up to High-Grade 256-bit AES encryption.

When you enter your account information and credit card information on Ergonomic Office Chairs Co., it is transmitted over the internet in 128-Bit Encryption format*. All information is stored in the same 128-Bit Encryption format*. Even if a hacker was able to break into ASP's database, all of the information is useless to them since the information is encrypted. Bottom line - we have done our homework to ensure your information is safe.

Many online stores will choose low budget shared hosting services to save money and this can result in slow performance and poor reliability. Ergonomic Office Chairs Co. / United Group uses reliable dedicated hosting with secure servers that guarantee Ergonomic Office Chairs Co. 99.99% up time.

In summary, there is no relationship between buying products on the internet and stolen credit card information IF the web site from which you are purchasing uses an industry leading payment security provider and a state of the art hosting service. As a matter of fact, your credit card is at much greater risk at your local restaurant than a secure web site. In England, restaurants are actually bringing credit card processors to your table so your credit card never leaves your sight.

*About 128-Bit Encryption

Ergonomic Office Chairs Co. / United Group uses Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) for secure transmissions. SSL applies encryption between two communicating applications, such as your PC and a secure Internet server. When your data is transmitted over the Internet, it is encrypted or "scrambled" at the sending end and then decrypted or "unscrambled" at the receiving end. We use 128-bit encryption because it is the industry standard for today.

Encryption is a technology that allows secure transmittal of information along the Internet by encoding the transmitted data using a mathematical formula that scrambles it. Without a corresponding "decoder," the transmission would look like nonsense text and would be unusable. It can be used with many applications, including electronic commerce (sending credit card numbers for orders or transmitting account information), email messages and sensitive documents.

Basic encryption involves the transmission of data from one party to another. The sender encodes the data by scrambling it, then sends it on. The receiver must decode the data with the correct "decoder" in order to read and use it.

The effectiveness (or level of security) for encryption is measured in terms of how long the key is - the longer the key, the longer it would take for someone without the correct "decoder" to break the code. This is measured in bits, e.g. 40-bit encryption, the level of encryption used with many ordinary browsers, versus the level of encryption recommended to use Account Online. For a 40-bit key, there are 2 to the 40th power possible combinations. For a 128-bit key, there are 2 to the 128th power possible combinations.