Online payment is handled by PayPal. No card information is stored on this server. Bartholomew Music Publications does not at any time hold any financial information about its customers.
All other personal details are exchanged between you and our web server using Secure Socket Layers. “SSL” encrypts this information using a unique “session key” and ensures that your personal information (e.g. address) cannot be viewed by unauthorized parties. Krystal Hosting use 256 bit “high grade” encryption, and our digital certificate is provided by Let’s Encrypt™ SSL.
You can be sure that you are in a secure area when the current website address or “URL” begins https rather than http, and the small padlock symbol appears in the address bar. You can double click on the padlock to confirm you are in a secure area.
SSL also assures that this website really is hosted by Krystal Hosting.