We currently are using Google Checkout to handle all our online transactions. We have choosen them for based on their high security standards and we find they will provide you with the most user friendly shopping experience!

Information that we collect and how we use it

• Registration information - When you sign up for Google Checkout, we ask for your personal information so that we can provide you with the service. If you register a credit or debit card, the information that we require to register for the service includes your name, credit or debit card number, card expiry date, card verification number (CVN), address, phone number and email address. If you register a Carrier Billing Account, the information that we require to register for the service includes your mobile telephone number, and the name and billing address associated with that number. For sellers, we also require you to provide your bank account number and, in some situations, your personal address, your business category, a government-issued identification number (for example, social security number or taxpayer identification number for US residents) and certain information about your sales or transaction volume. This information allows us to process payments and protect users from fraud. In some cases, we may also ask you to send us additional information or to answer additional questions to help verify your information.
• Information obtained from third parties - In order to protect you from fraud or other misconduct, we may obtain information about you from third parties to verify the information you provide. For example, we may use card authorisation and fraud screening services to verify that your credit or debit card information and address match the information that you provided to us. Also, for sellers, we may obtain information about you and your business from a credit bureau or a business information service such as Dun & Bradstreet. . We also may obtain information from third parties in connection with providing Google Checkout to you, such as information from the Carrier in connection with Carrier Billing.
• Transaction information - When you use Google Checkout to conduct a transaction, we collect information about each transaction, including the transaction amount, a description provided by the seller of the goods or services being purchased, the names of the seller and buyer and the type of payment used.
• Information about your use of the service - In order to protect you from fraud, phishing and other misconduct, we may collect information about your interaction with the service to help validate your identity or detect potentially fraudulent conduct. For example, in some circumstances we may try to determine service usage patterns (such as how quickly you type) so that we can try to detect and prevent unauthorised attempts to access your account (such as automated hacking attacks or the use of stolen usernames or passwords). Any such information that we collect will only be used to detect and prevent fraud or other misconduct, unless you explicitly grant us permission to use it in another manner.
• Google cookies - When you access a Google Checkout web page, we send one or more cookies - a small file containing a string of characters - to your computer to uniquely identify your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please note that you will not be able to access Google Checkout if your cookies are disabled.
• Log information - When you use Google Checkout, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
• User communications - When you send an email or other communication to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your enquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.
• Links - We may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our search technology, customised content and advertising. For more information about links and redirected URLs, please see our FAQs.

Information sharing
We will not sell or rent your personal information to companies or individuals outside of WaveFront Surfshop. If you are making a purchase through WaveFront Surfshop, we may share portions of your credit card number with the retailer to identify the transaction, but we will not share your full credit card number with the retailer without your opt-in consent, except in the limited circumstances described below. In addition, we will only share your personal information with other companies or individuals outside WaveFront in the following circumstances:

Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access to or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical and technical security measures to guard against unauthorised access to systems where we store personal data. For example, your credit card number will always be stored in an encrypted form (except when you provide it to us in a communication outside our web page interface).