What information does Morningstar.com encrypt?
We appreciate your concern. The editors and programmers for Morningstar.com are aware of the sensitive issues surrounding web site privacy and security. In an effort to make the site as useful and secure as possible, strict security measures have been adopted to protect credit card and portfolio transactions. Morningstar uses encryption technology for the credit card information provided by users when signing up for our Premium service. Portfolios are not encrypted, but we do store them on a secure server behind a firewall. When your portfolio is being transmitted over the internet for updates, it is possible that someone could intercept the information. Morningstar has chosen not to encrypt the portfolios because doing so would significantly slow the transmission speeds. In most cases, users are more concerned about the speed of accessing their updated portfolio than the unlikely chance that someone will intercept that information. In addition, if someone were to access your portfolio
