CONDITIONS / DISCLAIMERHow YOU can know YOUR online giving is safe here! Whenever you make a donation to The Reinhard Bonnke School of Fire through this site, you can be assured that the transaction is safe and all financial information is secure. Answers to General Questions:
Answers to Donation Questions Website Security: How is this accomplished? Every time you enter a page that is "secure" you will see this message box:
When you see this box, click "OK" to proceed to the secure page. When you are exiting a particular secure page, meaning you are returning to a non-secure page of the web site, you will see: Simply click "OK" to continue.
Is my credit card information secure? We have taken many steps to ensure the security of your transaction. We have employed industry proven technologies to give you the safest transaction experience available. Our payment forms are secured through THAWTE secure certificates. Why do I hear so much about security on the Internet? There are several reasons for this. First, it's relatively new, so people wonder and talk and write about it. Secondly, the Internet is "technology." People find it interesting to discuss and initially tend to be a little suspicious of it. These days internet purchasing is very common, as sites such as Amazon.com, CDnow.com and others have thousands of financial transactions processed each day - all of which are transacted using similar technologies employed by our site to ensure your donations or purchases are secure. What is the worst-case scenario? Regardless of what happens on our site--a slip of the
mouse (unlikely), a security breach (highly unlikely)--there is no risk
to you. In the case of fraud, most major credit cards have assumed all
liability for what you owe above $50.00. How do I know if a Web site is secure? In order to be accurate, we're going to get a bit detailed here. When making payments on the Internet, there are three things to be sure of:
We've included a visual representation below of what to look for in your browser window to see if you're viewing a site securely. Browser: Netscape 1.2, 2.0 You can also tell when you're in a secure area because the URL 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. ( http = H yper T ext T ransport P rotocol; https = HTTP with SSL.) One additional note: some browsers give you a warning when you go from a secure area to a regular area. This is to ensure that people know when they've left a secure serve, but in practice, the message is often a bit startling, and makes it look like you've done something wrong even though you really haven't. Which parts of The Reinhard Bonnke School of Fire site are secure? Most of the activity on our site involves the viewing of materials we've prepared and made accessible to everyone, so there's no need for these pages to be "secure." The portion of The Reinhard Bonnke School of Fire site that is secure is, not surprisingly, any online payment form. There are several ways to confirm that you're in a secure area. All SSL capable browsers have a symbol to indicate secure mode. Click here for more detail on secure modes. What does "https://secure.schooloffire.com/..." mean? When you enter a secure area of our web site you will see https://secure.schooloffire.com/ included in the URL (web page address) of the form you have accessed. This means that you have entered a secure portion of the web site. |
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1 and 2 are taken care of by SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the industry
standard security protocol that the Reinhard Bonnke School of Fire 's
web site uses to communicate with secure browsers like Netscape and
Internet Explorer. When communicating with a secure server like ours,
these browsers encrypt the information you send in a way that is nearly
impossible for someone to decode. 
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