PayPal lets any business or consumer with an email address to securely, conveniently, and cost-effectively send and receive payments online.  Their network builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards to create a global, real-time payment solution.

The size of their network and widening acceptance of their payment mechanism has helped them become the leading payment network for online auction websites, including eBay.  PayPal is also being increasingly used at other e-commerce sites such as ours, for the sale of goods.  PayPal's service, which lets users send payments for free, can be used from PCs or Web-enabled mobile phones.

PayPal is a subsidiary of eBay and is located in Mountain View, California. PayPal is the 2002 SIIA Codie Awards winner for "Best eCommerce Solution" and is recognized by PC Magazine as one of "The Top 100 Web Sites."

Security & Data Encryption

The security of your information, transactions, and money is the core of PayPal's business and is their top priority.

PayPal automatically encrypts your confidential information in transit from your computer to theirs using the Secure Sockets Layer protocol (SSL) with an encryption key length of 128-bits (the highest level commercially available). Before you even register or log in to their site, their server checks that you're using an approved browser - one that uses SSL 3.0 or higher.

Once your information reaches them, it resides on a server that is heavily guarded both physically and electronically.  Their servers sit behind an electronic firewall and are not directly connected to the Internet, so your private information is available only to authorized computers.

Privacy

Your privacy is important to PayPal. By participating in the Council of Better Business Bureau's BBBOnLine® Privacy Program PayPal has made a commitment to meet the program's strict requirements regarding how they treat your information and have it verified by BBBOnLine. Further information about this program is available at http://www.bbbonline.org.

Additionally, in order to enhance the protection of your privacy and their compliance with their Privacy Policy, PayPal has agreed to disclose our information practices and to have our practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.