In plain English
This means the browser cannot confirm two things about the website connection: that the link is securely encrypted and that the site is really the one it claims to be. Because that check fails, information sent through the connection could be seen by other people.
In context
Here, it warns that the browser does not trust the website connection because it cannot verify secure encryption and the site's identity.
- Situation
- Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
- What it communicates
- warns that the browser does not trust the site connection
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not say whether the website is unsafe in every respect or what specific reason prevented verification.
Examples
“When the browser warned that your connection is not private, Mina closed the payment page instead of entering her card details.”
“An alert saying your connection is not private appeared because the browser could not trust the website.”