Why are we asking you to enter a validation word?

We are protecting the Internet from spammers. More specifically, we are asking you to confirm that you are not an automated computer program used by a spammer to send us spam.

If we did not do this, a spammer's computer program might be able to use our online forms to send spam to us. This requires a great deal of time and effort.

Obviously, people are smarter than computers. That is why we are asking you to enter the validation word. A computer spam program cannot do this.

By entering the validation word, you are helping our server confirm that you are a real human being and not an automated computer program. Thank you for understanding and for taking the time to read this message.