To find out if your transaction is guarded by SSL, look for the picture of the unbroken key or closed lock in your browser window (both the Netscape Navigator/Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers use SSL). Either indicator means SSL is hard at work. (If you don't see either one, or if you see a broken key or an open lock, that means SSL is definitely not hard at work protecting your transaction.)
The easy way, you can tell if SSL is guarding your transaction is to check the URL of the site you are visiting. It should change from "http" to "https" when processing secure transactions.
For example when you first visit the IAFMHS website the URL or internet address in the browser will be:
http://www.iafmhs.org
This is only the case when no personal secure information is being transmitted from the website. Whenever you send any personal information, such as signing up to become a client the URL will now look like this:
https://iafmhs.org
Notice also how the URL has also changed from www.iafmhs.org this is because you are redirected to our service providers secure area.
The Secure transaction information from this site is securely stored by Starfield Technologies, Inc.