Thsi web site is secure for the Online Payment Gatway provided by CCAvenue one of  the most trusted payment gateway providers. Technology Overview CCAvenue™ is a Payment Service Provider (PSP) based system that runs on a technologically superior proprietary process that is unique to CCAvenue™ . It offers simple e-commerce transactions authorization solutions to e-Merchants operating out of India as well as to those based abroad. CCAvenue™ has deployed three key technologies: Java, Enterprise Java Beans and Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE). Developed by Sun, Java was selected by Avenues because it is an ideal language for component-based applications. Java was developed mainly for use on the Web, both for public Web sites and Intranets     Hardware and Encryption standards:- Deployed on high performance Windows 2000 original IBM x series servers, each having Dual 2GHz Xeon DP 512KB cache CPU's, 1 GB 133MHz SDRAM ECC DDR RDIMM II memory, three 18.2 GB Ultra 160 SCSI HDD and ServeRAID 5i with Dual Ultra320 SCSI controller, designed specifically to handle demanding e-business applications, Avenues provides a truly world class solution. The powerful Verisign 128 bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption is used on every transaction received by CCAvenue™ . The SSL is an industry standard protocol adopted by the Internet community to provide secure transmission for private information being sent over the Internet.   Verisign 128 bit and CVM authentication process already in place. Security is a key concern for all parties when transacting online business. At CCAvenue®, we have ensured you have no worries on this front as you expand your operations in cyberspace. Listed here are some of our key security measures: Handling your customers' sensitive data CCAvenue® adopts stringent security measures to ensure that critically sensitive information, such as your customer's personal information and their credit card details, are well protected. Your customers enter all their personal information and credit card details on CCAvenue®'s secure server and the same is encrypted before it is transmitted over the Internet to the payment gateway. Secure technologies for CCAvenue®'s server. CCAvenue®'s server is behind state of the art security firewalls to ensure maximum protection of your customer's details. This guarantees that your information is inaccessible to any third party. CCAvenue® uses industry-standard SSL (Standard Sockets Layer) Technology, which is used worldwide, for data encryption. CCAvenue® also follows strict in-house security guidelines for ensuring confidentiality of your customer information. Since the Payment Gateway application software is maintained at CITIBANK'S secure high end server, new payment technologies, standards and features are automatically implemented as they emerge. The payment gateway is integrated with risk management component, which empowers them with the ability to control risk effectively. These robust risk management tools and fraud filters include: Risk Management Rules and Parameters. Negative Files. Risk Management Queries, thereby making your E-commerce transactions safe and confidential. The following credit cards are processed by CCAvenue® : American Express: Headquartered in New York, this diversified global company, is also known as 'Amex'. It is best known for it's Credit Cards, charge cards and Traveler’s cheque businesses. American Epress provides financial, banking and travel services in over 130 countries. In 2006, Business Week and Interbrand ranked American Express as the 14th most valuable brand in the world, estimating the brand to be worth USD 19.64 billion. Carte Blanche: Carte Blanche was a minor credit card that was acquired by Citibank and phased out of service. In 2000, the Carte Blanche name was revived when Diners Club, which was also acquired by Citibank, introduced an upscale version of its card: the Diners Club Carte Blanche Card . It is an upper-level charge card on par with the American Express Platinum card. The card carries a US$300 annual fee and offers an extensive menu of perks geared toward affluent travelers. It is accepted wherever regular Diners Club cards are accepted and is very popular with the corporates. Citibank eCards: Citibank has launched a new initiative Citibank eCard to promote safe and secure E-shopping. Like a regular credit card but without a physical plastic, it is India ‘s first web credit card. The Citibank eCard can be used for all types of Internet shopping and transactions through telephone and mail order. You can also do all transactions available on Internet Banking, including utility bills and ordering a demand draft. Diners Club International: The world’s No. 1 Charge Card. Diners Club cardholders reside all over the world and the Diners Card is an old corporate favorite. There are more than 8 million Diners Club cardholders. They are affluent and are frequent travelers in premier businesses and institutions, including Fortune 500 companies and leading global corporations. Discover Network: Discover® Network is a business unit of Discover Financial Services LLC. It is the largest independent Credit Card Network in the United States. It supports a proprietary card base of 50 million Cardholders, as well as other third party issuers of credit, signature debit, prepaid cards and commercial cards connecting with over 4 million merchant and cash access locations throughout North America and the Caribbean. JCB Cards: JCB (Japan Credit Bureau) launched its card business in Japan in 1961 and began expanding overseas in 1981. It is an international brand and the largest card issuer and merchant acquirer in Japan. Its merchant network of 7.96 million spans 183 countries, and serves more than 38 million cardholders worldwide. These cardholders spend US$ 42 billion annually on their JCB cards. MasterCard: MasterCard International is a global payments company with one of the most recognized and respected brands in the world. With 32 million acceptance locations, no payment card is more widely accepted globally than MasterCard. Last year, MasterCard handled transactions worth US Dollar 285 billion. VISA: The world’s most preferred card. There are more than one billion cards in circulation, with unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. Visa-branded cards generate US Dollar 2.4 trillion in annual card sales volume. Nearly half of this in US alone.     i Boudoir London Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai 022-26607940 / 26607530 www.boudoirlondon.in