Protection of personal information
The Order is subject to the provisions of the Professional Code and Civil Code of Québec with respect to the protection of personal information.
To ensure security of passwords
There is an option in Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0 or more that permits you to automatically save usernames and passwords. We recommend that you to deactivate this option in order to keep you transactions on the Internet confidential. This prevents other users of your computer from accessing secure Web sites with your usernames and passwords.
To deactivate this option, or be prompted before a password gets saved:
- Open Internet Explorer, from the "Tools" menu, select "Internet Options".
- Click on the "Content" tab, then click on the "AutoComplete" button in the "Personal Information" section.
Microsoft®Internet Explorer 5.0
- In the "AutoComplete Settings" dialog box make sure that the "User names and passwords on forms" box is NOT checked, OR make sure that the "Prompt me to save passwords" box is checked if you would like to be informed before your password gets saved.
Microsoft®Internet Explorer 5.0"Cookies" management
The Order's site uses per-session cookies, which are a commonly used tool to enable Web site administrators to fine-tune the site based on user-activity trends.
Per-session cookies store information within a session (or visit to our Web site). During your visit to our site your browser exchanges information with our Web server. Per-session cookies facilitate this exchange by reminding the server which computer is making the request. If we did not use per-session cookies, moving around on the site would be a much slower process.
Per-session cookies are stored in memory and are only available during an active session, in other words, while you are on the site. They do not permanently record data and are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Per-session cookies do not give the Web site access to anything else on your system, including any private information about you. Also, only the Web site that placed the cookie can retrieve it.
You can set your browser to detect and reject cookies.
"Log out" function
In the navigation sub-toolbar, there is a function that enables you to log out and thereby erase the cookie containing your connection information. If you do not use this function, the per-session cookie is automatically erased when you close your browser. We recommend you use this function if you share your computer with anyone else.
Payment security
• SSL
The Order's Web site uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. It was developed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide a high level of security for transactions over the Internet. The SSL protocol enables encrypted sessions between your browser and the Web server. Most of todays browsers respect this protocol. For more information on SSL visit the Microsoft site.
• Data Encryption
Data encryption protects the confidential nature of information exchange over the Internet. With data encryption, the information you send is scrambled making it unreadable. This is accomplished through complex mathematical equations called algorithms. In order to read the encrypted data, special software called a "key" is required. A key consists of two parts: a public key and a private key. A "public key" is used to encrypt data before it is sent and the "private key" is needed to unscramble the data when it is received.
• 128-bit encryption
The 128-bit encryption corresponds to the highest level of security.
• Is my data connection encrypted or not?
With Microsoft Internet Explorer a lock 
in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will indicate an encrypted session. If you don't see this lock , the session is not encrypted.
If you use Netscape Navigator 4.x or more, an encrypted session is indicated with a closed lock 
in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. If the lock is open 
the session is unencrypted, in which case you would not want to send confidential information.