Security and Compliance

DirtBag Clothing proudly uses Authorize.Net. With Authorize.Net, you can be confident their data is secure. They utilize industry-leading technologies and protocols, such as 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and they are compliant with a number of government and industry security initiatives.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of comprehensive requirements developed by the major card brands to facilitate the adoption of consistent data security measures. Each year we renew our PCI DSS compliance. To confirm our PCI compliance, please see Visa’s list of compliant service providers.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Sarbanes-Oxley, or SOX, is a set of federally mandated accounting standards for all U.S. public company boards, management, and public accounting firms. Authorize.Net is validated annually by external auditors for the current, relevant portions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

SAS 70

The Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70, commonly known as SAS 70, defines the professional standards used to assess the internal controls for organizations that provide outsourcing services which impact the control environment of their customers. Authorize.Net is validated annually by external auditors for SAS 70 Type 2.

Additional Legal Compliance

Authorize.Net and its parent company CyberSource validate security measures against applicable sections of numerous federal and state laws—HIPAA, GLBA, California Senate Bill 1386 (SB1386), and many others. Our industry partners also perform regular audits. For additional information, please see our Knowledge Base article on compliance.

Secure Socket Layers (SSL)

We want your online shopping to be worry-free, so we use SSL (Secure Socket Layers). All of your personal information, including your credit card number, is encrypted by SSL.

SSL encrypts your order information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other than DirtBagClothing.com. To check the security of your connection, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https". You will see this when you are on any my account or checkout pages.

We use a thawte SSL123 Certificates. A secure SSL certificates with full authentication capable of 256-bit encryption.