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Your Security is Our Goal
The following describes the security measures we take to protect
your information on the citicards.com:
128-Bit Encryption
Citibank® uses Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) for secure transmissions. SSL applies encryption
between two communicating applications, such as your PC and our
corporate Internet server. When your data is transmitted over the
Internet, it is encrypted or "scrambled" at the sending
end and then decrypted or "unscrambled" at the receiving
end. We use 128-bit encryption, the highest level generally available
today.
Cookie Definition
A cookie is a small piece of information which is created by a web
server during a user's visit to a web site. If you configure your
web browser to alert you regarding the presence of cookies, you
may receive a notice that a web server wishes to set a cookie. There
are two kinds of cookies — "persistent" and "transient."
Sometimes we use persistent cookies which remain on the hard drive
of your personal computer. We use persistent cookies for a number
of purposes including to store your preferences for certain kinds
of information, to provide you with access to certain web sites
for which you have previously registered, to retrieve information
you have provided us previously, etc. You can set your browser to
disable cookies or prevent them, or you can delete cookies which
have already been set by instructing your browser accordingly. To
access some information on our website, you'll have to set your
browser to enable cookies. The persistent cookies used on Citi's
credit card web sites are available only to Citibank or to certain
agents of Citibank who are performing services or hosting specific
web sites on our behalf.
We may also use transient cookies, which are not stored on your
hard drive and are not available to anyone other than Citibank.
Transient cookies contain information that identifies you and allows
you to navigate on our site from one page to another without requiring
you to log in again on each page. When you leave our site, or when
your session expires, the transient cookies expire.
How to Protect Yourself Online
Here are simple steps you can take to protect yourself from fraud
while shopping and banking online.
- Verify the URL (address) of the sites you visit. If you're on
a secure site, it should start with https (the "s" indicates it
is secure.) A padlock image also should appear at the bottom of
your browser window.
- Install anti-virus software and update it regularly with the
most current version.
- Use separate passwords and PINs for your Internet accounts and
make them difficult for others to guess. Change passwords and
PINs frequently.
- Use the logoff button to end a secure session instead of closing
your browser.
- Only open email messages sent by people you know.
- Never send personal or financial information by email. (Remember,
we will never ask you to provide personal information via email.)
- Review your order confirmations, credit card and bank statements
and report any unusual activity immediately.
- Review the security measures recommended by the Better Business
Bureau, the U.S. Government and others at the following sites:
http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/computertips.htm
http://www.bbb.org/alerts/article.asp?ID=153
http:/iisw.cerias.purdue.edu/home_computing/topten.php
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