We employ Secure Socket Layer (SSL) open security support. SSL is a security protocol developed by Netscape Communications Corporation and RSA Data Security, Inc. This protocol ensures that data transferred between a client and a server remains private. More Web browsers support the SSL standard than any other security protocol. For example, Netscape Navigator version as well as Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 4.0 are both SSL enabled.

The importance of having SSL is that credit card information sent via SSL is encrypted. The process of encryption involves both a public and private encryption key, which is used to transmit encrypted data to the browser. The browser will apply its private key to decrypt the data.

When you connect to a secure link your browser will tell you that you are entering a "secure web site." This gives you the comfort of security that your data is being made private to you.