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Confidentiality: Internet Security

Internet security is an issue that has been addressed by AbuseConsultants.com in a variety of ways.

It is not possible to guarantee absolute perfect internet security just like counselors cannot absolutely guarantee against break-in’s at their offices. However, there are many ways to secure online information so that “information theft” becomes extremely difficult and nearly impossible.

At AbuseConsultants.com, we have addressed internet security by using the following precautions:

Our servers and work stations are behind modern firewall technology.

A firewall prevents outside sources from seeing the information behind the firewall. The only connections that can be established through the firewall to our computers are those specifically allowed by our administrators. This means that uninvited and / or unknown third parties cannot get into our work stations.

All e-commerce / payment transactions and payment pages are secured with 128-bit encryption.

Encryption scrambles the message sent from one computer until it reaches its destination computer.
The actual payment transactions occur on locked and secure financial websites separate from AbuseConsultants.com – via a bank merchant account or PayPal.
AbuseConsultants.com does not have record of your financial information as the actual transactions occur with these external sources.

The web pages of this site are not encrypted because they are “public information.” (However, copyrights will be enforced.) Secure areas of the site are password protected and may also be encrypted or database generated.

All of the clinical e-mail consultation requests are written and composed using the forms on our website behind our security protections. These forms are generated by our own server and delivered directly to the clinical director.

This means that clients are not using third party e-mail programs such as Outlook, Yahoo, Hotmail, Juno, etc. We cannot guarantee confidentiality of such companies, and using those programs may add risk to confidentiality.
Therefore, by using only OUR web forms on THIS site to compose confidential e-mails, AbuseConsultants.com can ensure a higher level of confidentiality and internet security.

The medical records and clinical information for AbuseConsultants.com are kept on servers that are not directly connected to the website. Because there is no connection with the website, this information is basically impossible to access from the Internet. This information is also behind firewall technology.

 


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