The Michigan Christian Advocate Security Policy

Your right to security is of the utmost importance to The Michigan Christian Advocate. Our shopping application is safe and secure, protecting both your personal information and all credit card transactions. We will never sell, divulge, disseminate or give away any information submitted to this site to outside parties for any reason as outlined in our Privacy Policy.

The Michigan Christian Advocate guards your security and privacy through the measures outlined below:

Secure Transactions - How you can tell it is secure.

All purchase transactions take place on a secure server. Don't just take our word for it - it's simple to determine whether you are on a secure site using security-enabled Web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.1 or greater and Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or greater. (Click Here if your browser gives you security warnings.)

For example, on a secure page you will notice the following indicators:

Using Netscape:

Your Location Bar should show a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that uses an https: address, as opposed to an http: address.
The security lock icon (in 3.0 versions it's a key and in 4.0+ versions it's a padlock in the lower left corner) should be a complete key or a lock in the locked position.

Using Internet Explorer:

Your Location Bar should show a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that uses an https: address, as opposed to an http: address.
A security lock icon is displayed on the status bar at the bottom of your screen.

In addition, our order system utilizes industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology that encrypts any information that is transferred across the Internet from your computer to our servers and databases. The information that is encrypted includes:

Your name
Address, phone number and e-mail address
Personal information
Your credit card number

Netscape Navigator Version 2 and 3 Users

The Michigan Christian Advocate's Secure Server uses a certificate issued by RSA Data Security, Inc. This identifies The Michigan Christian Advocate's order system as a valid, secure Internet site. Versions 2 and 3 of Netscape may not recognize some of the current security certificates online. This in no way means the transaction or server is not secure. You can download the current browser versions as outlined below.

Download the latest copy of Netscape from http://www.netscape.com. (Recommended, as it provides the most up to date and feature rich browser from Netscape. This load takes between 1 and 2 hours depending on your connection speed.)

If you would like further information on your Web browser's security features go to:

For Netscape:
http://wp.netscape.com/security/index.html

For Internet Explorer:
Click on "Using Security Features" in Explorer's help index.

If you have any difficulties or questions about Internet security please do not hesitate to contact us.