FAQs: First Time User > Security

> Is my online order secure?

> How can you offer these protections?

> Were you vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug?

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Is my online order secure? (0aa75)

Yes! Transactions processed from 1st-USA.com are encrypted by Rapid SSL's 128 bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL is the industry standard in ecommerce protection.

How can you offer these protections? (256b6)

We maintain a vigorous consumer protection policy to fight fraudulent credit card users.

Our transactions are encrypted by Rapid SSL's 128 bit enabled Secure Socket Layer (SSL). SSL
is the industry standard in ecommerce protection.

All attempts at fraud will be reported to the appropriate enforcement agency and
1st-USA.com makes available its own private investigation service to aid the state police
and attorneys general in their pursuit of credit card thieves.

Last, 1st-USA.com staff are able to manually inspect all orders.

Were you vulnerable to the Heartbleed bug? (RYBPY)

No. We do not and never have used a vulnerable version of OpenSSL, the encryption library affected by Heartbleed. (See heartbleed.com for more information about the Heartbleed vulnerability.)