Security and encryption

Handshake takes the security of your data extremely seriously. Exactly how seriously is outlined below.

Encryption

All data that is sent over the internet by Handshake is encrypted using industry-standard methods:

• Our website is only accessible via HTTPS. This means every visit to our website is SSL-encrypted and no eavesdropping can take place.

• All traffic between Handshake on your iPad or iPhone and our website is encrypted with a mixture of SSL and Blowfish. This allows us to provide total network data security as well as an optimized network protocol that works well on the flaky 3G / 4G networks that iPads and iPhones have to cope with.
  
  

Credit Card Encryption

Handshake entrusts credit card encryption to your third-party payment gateway. No credit card information is stored in Handshake. 

Your responsibilities

As outlined in our Terms of Service, you must take responsiblity for the security of the devices that you access Handshake from, as well as for the security of the email address that is linked to your Handshake account.

No amount of security in the world from our end is going to protect you in the event you access Handshake from a compromised device (e.g. a public computer in an internet cafe) or allow your email account to be accessed by an attacker.