Your Privacy is Our Priority
At BudgetLeads, your privacy is very important to us. We appreciate our customers and understand the value of protecting your rights. We hope to address all of your concerns through this list of privacy-related Frequently Asked Questions.

Does BudgetLeads collect my IP address?
Yes. We use this to identify your PC and your shopping cart, as well as to help us diagnose any problems you may encounter with our server. IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

Why does BudgetLeads need my personal Information?
We use your name, e-mail address, phone number, mailing address and credit card information to process your orders on our site. This information is stored in a secure database, and is only available to individuals with proper clearance. Additionally, we may share information with law enforcement agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigations.

How safe is it to shop online?
Today, the Internet is actually the safest way of doing business with your credit card. We have made it safer to use your credit card on our site than it is to use it in more traditional ways, such as in retail stores or restaurants.

What is SSL and how does it help protect my privacy?
We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology for mutual authentication, data encryption and data integrity- all to help ensure secure transactions for our customers. SSL is the industry standard security protocol to encode sensitive information, such as your credit card number. SSL creates a shared digital key, which only lets the sender and the receiver of the transmission scramble or unscramble information. To everyone else, even the servers relaying the message, the SSL transmission is indecipherable. SSL deals with data encryption during transmission, not storage.

About encryption
Encryption is based on the mathematical scrambling and unscrambling of messages. The type of encryption we use assigns two keys - one is a public key and one is a private key. When you send us a message, you use our public key to encrypt your message. Once we receive your encrypted message, we use the private key to decode it. The same key cannot both encrypt and decrypt information. So, information encrypted using the private key can only be decrypted using the public key, and vice versa- ensuring the security of your information.

About secure websites
Before completing any transaction on a website, you should make sure it is a Secure Site. Being on a Secure Site means you are connected under the cloak of SSL security. You can tell if you are on a Secure Site if you see a padlock or key somewhere along the bottom of your browser's window. If the lock is closed or if the key is unbroken, you are dealing with a Secure Site.

What are cookies and how do they affect my privacy?
A "cookie" is a small file that serves as an identifier stored on your machine. Although they are not required to browse our site, we use cookies to make web ordering possible. For instance, when you are ready to order, a cookie allows our site to "remember" you have added the order to your shopping cart.

What if I still do not feel my online transaction is secure?
We will be happy to assist you with your purchase over the phone at 1-805-652-1835.