Safe Shopping

Concerns About Online Shopping
We at 'The Art Materials Company' fully understand your concerns about the security and reliability of online shopping. Because we share your concerns, we work very closely with our online development team and our online payments partner to ensure our site is a highly secure ordering environment so you can shop in our online store with the utmost confidence.

That is why we work with Stripe and Paypal to provide our payment processing facility. Stripe and Paypal are both world leading payment processing companies and provide services to a wide range of blue-chip companies including Airlines, Financial Services Companies and the Public-Sector.

Our Security Measures - Encryption Technologies
We have appropriate security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that is collected from you so you can feel comfortable and secure when shopping. The latest industry-standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technologies are employed when transferring and receiving your information. - Important - Credit & Bank Card Details - A key component in securing our ordering environment is that 'The Art Materials Company' do 'NOT' hold or store your credit or bank card information. This part of your online transaction is completed by our payments processing partner. They only retain your details in an encrypted format for the duration of the transaction.

Setting Up Your Account
When you setup an account with us, we only request your personal details that can be automatically entered when placing your order, such as your name, delivery address, e-mail etc... We do not request any credit or bank card details. When placing an order with us, you will be requested to enter your credit or bank card details. This valuable and sensitive information is not recorded, or stored by us at 'The Art Materials Company'. Therefore, each time you place an order, you will be required to provide this information. The result of all of these security features is a Web site that offers you the highest levels of security, service, convenience and trustworthiness. 

Be Assured
Be assured that your credit card information will be safe when you place an order at www.artmaterialsco.uk or www.artmaterials.ie

 As outlined above
The 'Art Materials Company' will not record or store your credit or bank card information. We accept all major credit and debit cards along with Paypal