Improved security on the V8 Website Online V8 Shop When you click "BUY" on our online V8 Shop you are seamlessly transferred to the secure website run by the online payment processing services provider run by Worldpay where your debit or credit card details are processed and then a payment is made to complete the transaction. On completing that payment process Worldpay send two automatic emails confirming the transaction - one to the buyer with a transaction ID number and the other to the V8 Webmaster so the item purchased can be supplied to you. Our data security See our information note on our data handling and protection. More If you have any queries do contact the V8 Webmaster via the "Contact Us" link below. Posted: 191213 What is an SSL Certificate? An SSL Certificate is a small data file that digitally binds a cryptographic key to an organisation’s details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser. Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites. SSL Certificates bind together a domain name, server name or hostname and also an organisational identity (for example organisation's name and location. More What is SSL? Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) was the most widely deployed cryptographic protocol to provide security over internet communications before it was preceded by TLS (Transport Layer Security) in 1999. Despite the deprecation of the SSL protocol and the adoption of TLS in its place, most people still refer to this type of technology as ‘SSL’. SSL provides a secure channel between two machines or devices operating over the internet or an internal network. One common example is when SSL is used to secure communication between a web browser and a web server. This turns a website's address from HTTP to HTTPS, the ‘S’ standing for ‘secure. More