Your
Security is Our Goal
The following describes the security measures we take to protect your
information on the Internet:
128-Bit
Encryption
Citibank®
uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for secure transmissions. SSL applies encryption
between two communicating applications, such as your PC and our corporate
Internet server. When your data is transmitted over the Internet, it is
encrypted or "scrambled" at the sending end and then decrypted or
"unscrambled" at the receiving end. We use 128-bit encryption, the
highest level generally available today.
Cookie
Definition
A cookie is a small piece of information which is created by a web server during
a user's visit to a web site. If you configure your web browser to alert you
regarding the presence of cookies, you may receive a notice that a web server
wishes to set a cookie. There are two kinds of cookies —
"persistent" and "transient."
Sometimes we use persistent cookies which remain on the hard drive of your personal computer. We use persistent cookies for a number of purposes including to store your preferences for certain kinds of information, to provide you with access to certain web sites for which you have previously registered, to retrieve information you have provided us previously, etc. You can set your browser to disable cookies or prevent them, or you can delete cookies which have already been set by instructing your browser accordingly. To access some information on our website, you'll have to set your browser to enable cookies. The persistent cookies used on Citi's credit card web sites are available only to Citibank or to certain agents of Citibank who are performing services or hosting specific web sites on our behalf.
We may also use transient cookies, which are not stored on your hard drive and are not available to anyone other than Citibank. Transient cookies contain information that identifies you and allows you to navigate on our site from one page to another without requiring you to log in again on each page. When you leave our site, or when your session expires, the transient cookies expire.
How
to Protect Yourself Online
Here are simple steps you can take to protect yourself from fraud while shopping
and banking online.