Stay safe when ordering online, checking your emails, or doing online banking. Follow this tip to make sure you are protecting your transactions.

Secure Internet Connections
How do you tell if the Internet connections are secure?
Many web sites use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt the credit card information that you send over the Internet. These sites usually inform you they are using this technology. Or, check if the web address on the page that asks for your credit card information begins with “https:” instead of “http:”; if so, this technology is in place.

Other ways to tell whether a web site uses security software:

Your browser displays the icon of a locked padlock at the bottom of the screen (Mozilla Firefox);
You see the icon of an unbroken key at the bottom of the screen (earlier versions of Netscape Navigator™);
You see the icon of a lock on the status bar (Microsoft Internet Explorer®).