name, address, and credit card information. Yahoo uses the Stronghold secure server, currently the
second-best selling secure server software and, in their opinion, the best product technically. It supports
industry-standard 128-bit SSL encryption.
When you enter your credit card number into the order form, it is transmitted across the Internet in an
encrypted (scrambled) form and not decoded until we receive it. For added security, Yahoo also encrypts
the credit card number when it is stored on disk.
Shopping online is considered fairly low-risk. According to CNN, "The prevalent opinion... is that online credit
card use is actually no riskier for consumers than traditional 'low-tech' transactions." You should feel as safe
as you would using a credit card in a store or restaurant, if not more so.