If your website requires users to log in, enter personal information such as credit card numbers or see confidential information such as financial reports, you need to keep the personal data and assure your customers that their data is completely safe.
The use of SSL digital certificate ensures website users will be 3 things:
- That his web site really is what it claims to him.
- That the credit card numbers and other confidential information is encrypted (128bit or higher) and can not be intercepted.
- That data is sent and received can not be bothered or falsified.