Our shopping cart feature uses the latest in encryption technology to ensure that hackers cannot access transactions with your credit card numbers. The encryption software on your browser is called a public key and it codes the message so it can only be opened with our private key. This way, even if a hacker manages to intercept that one of hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent at that second, your message can’t be unscrambled without our private key.

At the top of the shopping cart’s Check Out screen, the beginning of the address reads https:// instead of the usual http://. The 's' means that the site is encrypted and the data will be transmitted securely.

If you are using Netscape Navigator as your browser, a broken key or an open padlock (depending on the version of your browser) is at the bottom lefthand-corner of your screen. Microsoft Internet Explorer has an open padlock at the bottom lefthand corner of your screen. When a site is secured, the key on Netscape’s browser appears unbroken (or the padlock appears locked) and the padlock on Internet Explorer appears locked.

When you check out, a message might pop up and warn you that the data you are about to submit may not be secure. This is a standard message that is part of your browser package. Rest assured that it is secured on our site, and hit "OK" to continue.

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