on-line information security

Any information that you send to us is secured using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) - the industry standard for secure online transactions. For your added security our site has been certified by Verisign - simply click on the seal below to check our certificate's details directly with Verisign.

By using SSL technology, we can ensure that any data passed between your web browser (the software that you use to access our website) and our web server (the computer that stores the website pages) is protected.

Donating online securely requires Netscape 2.0 (or higher) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 (or higher).

how to tell that a page is secure

You can tell if a page is secure by looking out for the security symbol which appears in your browser.

In Netscape Navigator you will see a doorkey in the bottom left hand corner of the browser window and a blue colourbar across the top of the content area. In Microsoft Internet Explorer a secure document shows a closed lock in the lower right hand corner of the browser window.

You can also tell when you're in a secure area because the web address in the location bar to the left of the colon changes from 'http' to 'https' to signify that a SSL protocol is being used to communicate with the server. Some browsers also give you a warning when you go from a secure area to a regular area.