Credit Card Security

All credit card numbers are encrypted in the software when the order is placed using 128 bit encryption. They are only decrypted after they reach our computer. They are not held in clear text on any web site.

How Secure is My Information?

Protecting your personal information: We use a Commodo Secure Sockets Layer (SSL 128-bit) encryption to scramble your personal and credit card information as it travels over the Internet during the checkout process on this web site.
You will know you're in the "secure" area of our site when you click on the "Checkout" button. Notice that the "http" portion of the web site address in your browser changes to "https." The "s" stands for "secure." In addition, both Netscape and Internet Explorer use special symbols to indicate that you're in a web site's secure area. Earlier versions of Netscape use a highlighted key. More recent versions of Netscape and all versions of Internet Explorer show a closed, highlighted lock. Some browsers let you know that you're moving in or out of a secure area by notifying you with a special pop-up window that requires you to click "ok" before continuing.
In addition, we encrypt every credit card number we store in our databases.

Protecting your password

We also attempt to limit unauthorized access to your account. If you forget your password, you can create a new one. You can do your part to protect your personal information by keeping your password a secret and making sure you log off completely if you share a computer. Every time you log in to our site, session timing will begin and if you are inactive for 3 minutes then it will automatically log you out.

What about My Account?

Creating an account: To purchase from us you have to have an account with us, this is easy and can be done throughout the checkout process, and the advantages of having an account are that you can write reviews, be up to date with the latest in product information and track the status of your orders.
Option to change, modify or delete account information: You can review, modify, or delete your account information anytime. Just go to the my account page located at the top header section. There, we give you the option to look over your account information if you've created an account, modify/change that information or delete your account.

How does Gothoholics Recognize Me?

We automatically recognize your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and your operating system. We sometimes use this information to solve problems with our server. We use URL encoding to monitor your shopping activity on our site. We may use this information to determine the most popular products and pages on our site and to enhance our marketing efforts and activities. This helps us make changes to improve your shopping experience.