Privacy and security @ silburyantiques.com

Security

Here at silburyantiques.com we are only too aware that issues surrounding security and privacy on 'the internet' in general and the World Wide Web in particular can be a worry. We develop our web site and associated software entirely in house using only Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). FOSS is often considered more secure that proprietary software because the source code is freely available for anyone to download and study. Hiding viruses, trojans, 'back doors' and other nasties in software is much harder if the code is perused by hundreds if not thousands of pairs of eyes, most of whom have no vested interest in the end result. Read more about FOSS here. We have now implemented site wide SSL/TLS using modern, up to date encryption. All traffic between our server and your device is encrypted both ways. You can now be confident when creating an account for example that your personal information will not be viewed by any unauthorised person or persons unknown. Read more about SSL/TLS here.

Your personal information.

We will never sell, trade in or give away your personal information. When you create an account with us we store the data on a secure database server managed by a professional hosting company. Our servers are all Linux based with root login disabled. We apply security updates as they become available and manage the servers and database entirely in house. We do not use any third party components (shopping cart, content management etc) so do not expose your data to any third party apart from the hosting company whatsoever.

Cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally. These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example: enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested.If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings(please be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of our website): We use cookies to enable the use of a shopping cart on our website. disabling cookies will render this service unavailable. We also use them to track the last time you visited the site so we can show you any items that have been uploaded since your last visit. We do not use third party components and we will never give any of your personal data whatsoever to any third party. We do not allow tracker cookies to be set from our site and we do not subscribe to any site trackers or third party site loggers whatsoever. We will maintain a record of any addresses you give us and your password and email address to enable you to easily use our site. All your personal data is stored in a secure database hosted by a professional hosting company.