About Security on Sony Sites

Sony Style Online makes use of the Secure Sockets Layer protocol to ensure the security of information transmitted online. Secure Sockets Layer or SSL, also known as Merchant Operated Payment (MOP) exchanges a series of messages ("handshake") between your browser and the Web server, verifying the credentials of a Web site by means of a certified public decrypting key ("certificate"). If the certificate checks out, the browser indicates that the connection is secure, and completes the transaction. SSL's only drawback is that one must still input credit card information with each purchase, which passes to the merchant before being transferred to the credit card company. The possibility therefore exists that the customer's information will be seen at the merchant end of the transaction.