256-bit encryption: GoDaddy.com
Our online store uses 256-bit encryption GoDaddy.com SSL certificate, in order to protect your data when you make a purchase, and manage your online account.
What is SSL?
SSL has been the de facto standard for eCommerce transaction security. SSL encrypts data, like credit cards numbers (as well other personally identifiable information), which prevents the "bad guys" from stealing your information for malicious intent. You know that you're on an SSL protected page when the address begins with "https" and there is a padlock icon at the bottom of the page (and in the case of Mozilla Firefox in the address bar as well).
Your browser encrypts the data and sends to the receiving Web site using either 40-bit or 128-bit encryption. Your browser alone cannot secure the whole transaction and that's why it's incumbent upon eCommerce site builders to do their part.
SSL Certificates: At the other end of the equation, and of greatest importance to eCommerce site builders, is the SSL certificate. The SSL certificate sits on a secure server and is used to encrypt the data and to identify the Web site. The SSL certificate helps to prove the site belongs to who it says it belongs to and contains information about the certificate holder, the domain that the certificate was issued to, the name of the Certificate Authority who issued the certificate, the root and the country it was issued in.