SECURE SSL PAYMENT STATEMENT

# SECURE SSL PAYMENT POLICY

Your security is our absolute priority. At YEWTREE PLANTS & FLOWERS, we implement robust safety measures to guarantee that every single transaction you process on our website is entirely secure, confidential, and protected against unauthorized access.

## 1. Industry-Standard SSL Encryption
Our website uses 256-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology. This is the global standard for e-commerce security utilized by premium banking institutions. When you enter personal information or credit card numbers during checkout, SSL instantly encrypts your data into secure code before sending it safely across the internet.

## 2. PCI-DSS Compliance
Our checkout system is built upon a Level 1 PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant infrastructure. This represents the most stringent standard of compliance recognized worldwide for safeguarding cardholder details during transactions.

## 3. No Card Storage Policy
To protect your long-term privacy, YEWTREE PLANTS & FLOWERS never stores, logs, or views your full credit or debit card data on our internal servers. Your payment details are securely passed directly to our encrypted, authorized third-party payment processors (such as Shopify Payments, Stripe, or PayPal) to complete the transaction.

## 4. Verified Security Indicators
You can easily verify that your connection to our online store is fully encrypted by looking for the following indicators in your web browser:
* A closed padlock icon appearing next to our web address URL.
* The prefix "https://" at the beginning of our store’s web domain (where the "s" stands explicitly for "secure").