Security Policy

Last updated: 10-25-06

Security & Privacy Guidelines

SSL
Portland Compressor is committed to making Internet shopping safe.
We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption to make transmission of personal information over the Internet as safe as possible. To make our customers as comfortable as possible we chose one of the most recognized names in the SSL certificate industry, VeriSign.

Cookies
Cookies are small files that our store uses to keep each shopper connected to their cart and to remember any custom site settings you may have made. These files do not store personal information and are not harmful to you computer and need to be enabled for our shopping cart to work properly.

JavaScript
JavaScript is a language used by browsers to do various things and perform many tasks. JavaScript needs to be enabled for portions of the site and for the shopping cart to work properly

Logs
We log our website traffic as does nearly all websites. The information collected is helpful to us in many ways such as learning how to make our site and store better, and it can also be useful in detecting viruses as well as other hostile activity. Although much data is collected such as IP addresses, referrers, time, browser versions and types and so on, it is not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Information Protection
We protect your information using encryption, other high technology hardware and software as well as following industry standards and best practices. Your information is accessed only on a need to know basis. Employees who have access to sensitive customer information are required to follow elevated policies and all our employees are subject to discipline up to an including termination for any violation.

Passwords
You are responsible for your password; its storage and its use.
We recommend using;
 A password that you can remember so it is not written down anywhere.
 At least one uppercase, one lowercase and one digit in your password

If you forget your password you can use the password recovery tool in our store. Enter you e-mail address and click "Request Password" it will be sent to you.

If you receive your password and you did not request it, another customer may have made an error when typing in their e-mail address in an attempt to get their own password. Since they typed in your e-mail address, you get your password and they will get nothing as there can not be more than one account per e-mail address. This doesn't happen often but does happen from time to time.

Miscellaneous
Please be aware that whenever you post to a message board, use chat, send e-mail etc. that the data usually publicly accessible and is not normally encrypted so take great care in not disclosing personal information. Be cautious and responsible out there on The Net.

Policy Changes
This policy can change at anytime and without notice, we will post any changes to this policy here with the effective date.