A: Our personal checks exceed the highest standards for security and quality established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the principal standards accepted by all financial institutions. These security features include:

• Micro-Security Print — Indicated by the MP icon to the right of the signature line.
• Chemical Protection — Ensures that what you write on your checks cannot be altered by chemical means. If anyone tries, it produces a stain indicating the check has been tampered with.
• Erasure Protection — Ensures that what you write on your checks cannot be erased. If anyone tries, it produces a stain indicating the check has been tampered with.
• "Original Document" Security Screen — Deters photocopying or other reproduction of your checks.
• Padlock Icon — Indicated by the lock icon to the right of the word "Dollars" is your assurance that security enhancements are built in to prevent and detect check fraud.
• Optional choice of EZShield® Check Fraud Protection or even better, EZShield PRO® Check Fraud Protection and Identity Theft Restoration Pro Services. Both of these highly recommended protection programs are offered at an additional charge when you order or reorder your checks. To learn more, click here.
• Optional choice of SecureShip^SM, as your most convenient, affordable, and secure option for shipping your checks. This service delivers your entire check order in 4-9 business days with FREE In-Plant Rush (checks printed in 1-3 business days) included. All checks ship together in one discreet package and the shipment is trackable. Available at an additional charge during Checkout. To learn more, click here.

Additional security features are included but not disclosed to provide you with even greater protection.

A: Shopping online at Bradford Exchange Checks® is extremely safe. Bradford Exchange Checks® uses a secure application server and the industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an advanced encryption technology, to provide the highest level of security for your personal and financial information as it comes to us via the Internet. This state-of-the-art security technology means that all your sensitive information entered during personalization, checkout and registration is encrypted, and only authorized personnel in our company can read it.

A: Absolutely! All checks from Bradford Exchange Checks® are printed to the universal standards established by the financial and retail industries. They meet or exceed all standards established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), which are the exact same standards that your bank's check printer must follow. So it's safe to order from Bradford Exchange Checks®.

A: Our 100% Guarantee ensures the quality of the checks, that they meet or exceed all standards established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and that they will be fully accepted at your financial institution. However, you are responsible for ensuring that the information printed on your checks is accurate.

A: Bradford Exchange Checks® Web site has been formally certified as a secure site by a third party after undergoing an intensive background check. Bradford Exchange Checks® received a digital certificate from VeriSign Secure Site Service, one of the most recognized symbols of trust on the Web. This VeriSign Secured Seal is your trusted assurance that our Web site is authentic and that all transactions are secured by SSL encryption.

We encourage you to click the VeriSign Secure Site seal at left to view our certificate information provided at VeriSign's Web site before providing us with your confidential information.

A: There is one way that you can be sure that you're in a secure section of the site: the URL in your browser window displays "https" instead of "http".

If this one condition in the URL is met, you can be confident that your confidential information and transactions are protected at this site.