The State of Tennessee is sensitive to your concerns regarding the security of sending sensitive information over the internet. Safeguarding your privacy and confidentiality is of the utmost importance to us. Encryption means that all of your information, is scrambled and locked with a mathematical key during transfer.
Most browsers have an icon such as a key or a lock to represent an encrypted mode or session.
A broken key , open lock , or no lock indicates that the session or mode is not encrypted. Earlier versions of these browsers can produce inconsistent results and therefore, users are encouraged to upgrade to the minimum level stated for each browser. Security cannot be assured with these earlier browsers. You can also contact Netscape, Microsoft, your system administrator, or your Internet Service Provider for information about the level of encryption on your browser.