The National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company takes the security of your personal information very seriously. Because of our commitment to the security of your information, we've put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, the industry standard for protecting your on-line commerce transactions. It encrypts your credit card number, name, and address so they can't be read while traveling over the Internet.

• A picture of a padlock or key along the bottom of your browser's window indicates that any information transmitted from your browser to the server is protected by SSL. Make sure the padlock or key is closed.
• The URL of any page on our site from which we collect your personal information always begins with https//: (rather than the normal http//:).
• As you navigate through the site, you may receive security warnings dictated by your browser settings. By responding to these warnings, you are taking the first step toward protecting yourself from vulnerability to theft and privacy invasion.