What is an Authentic Site?
How Can You Be Sure You're Visiting an Authentic Site?
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What is an Authentic Site?
An Authentic Site is a web site which operates a secure server enabled by a VeriSign server Digital IDSM. The site's Digital ID allows for secure communications and encrypted transactions with site visitors through their browser connections.

To qualify as an Authentic Site, a company submits documentation to VeriSign. VeriSign then performs a background check to verify the company's right to use a specific company name (e.g. Visa®) and Internet address (e.g. www.visa.com). After this investigation, VeriSign issues the site a server Digital ID which serves as the site's unique "identity card" and can be viewed by visitors to the site.

An Authentic Site provides site visitors with the assurance that:

How Can You Be Sure You're Visiting an Authentic Site?
The only way to be sure of a web site's authenticity is to view the site's Digital IDSM. Viewing a site's Digital ID assures that you are not being "spoofed" (i.e. the site is real and not an imposter) since it contains:

Please take a moment to view this site's Digital ID by following these simple steps, depending on your current web browser:

By checking the details of the Digital ID (the name of the site owner, site address, and Certification Authority), you can be assured that the site you are visiting is indeed an Authentic Site.

Who is VeriSign?
VeriSign, Inc. is the world's leading Internet Certification Authority, the trusted third party that authenticates, issues, and manages digital certificates on the Internet. VeriSign's Digital IDsSM enable trusted electronic commerce by authenticating the individuals, organizations, and content involved in an electronic transaction.

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